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Re: Surveillance Robot
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 26 Nov 1998 04:46:44 GMT
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Bob Wind <rwind@gfn.*IHateSpam*org>
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It looked to me like the Mars exploration set would be software
only. It appeared to be a simulation of a remote camera on
robots moving around on Mars, with options to set the number,
type, and movement characteristics of the (virtual) robots.
That would better fit the $50 price.
Bob Wind
rwind at gfn dot org
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> From: Matthew Miller <lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com>
> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> Subject: Re: Surveillance Robot
> Date: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 6:19 PM
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> Daniel Miller <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote:
> > > Isn't one of the Mindstorms addons promising a camera (it's probably • the one
> > > that isn't out yet)?
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> > Rumor has it the Mars exploration set will have a camera, but there's no
> > confirmation as yet.
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> I can confirm that I made up that rumor. It might be true, and there's
> certainly some supporting evidence, but for $50 I'm not too hopeful.
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> Matthew Miller ---> • mattdm@mattdm.org
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 | | RE: Surveillance Robot
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| Check this Lego Dacta set: (URL) uses the Lego Dacta Control Lab, not the RCX, but still, it's a Lego set with a B&W QuickCam, for a similar Mars exploration mission. Price for this set is $379. Given that the Lego Dacta Control Lab is $675 (roughly (...) (26 years ago, 26-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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