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Re: Scout Questions
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:57:41 GMT
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James C. Jones <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message
news:v01540b01b44f12c59d60@[168.184.121.26]...
> I sent this message earlier, but since I received no responses, I am not
> sure I am getting out. Please respond to my neophyte questions!
It got out.
> Ok. I am still a newbie, but I am slowly getting addicted to Legos,
> Mindstroms, etc. (Now if I can only convince my wife that I REALLY need • to
> spend $200 for a 2nd RCX.......)
> Anyway, I am confused. I thought that the Scout wasn't worth the time of
> day, since the RCX has much more to offer. Yet, I see a lot of discussion
> on the Scout, the upcoming Development software, etc.
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> So, What gives? Is it worth the bucks to buy one, why, and if I have to
> buy a scout and a second RCX, will my wife not have me committed.......?
Your wifely problems of off-topic ;-)
The reason the Scout is now interesting is because LEGO has announced that
they will not only provide an RIS-style interface to allow it to be
programmed from a PC, but that it also has built-in support for priority
tasking, which means that the holy grail of "subsumption" is possible
without writing our own OS. I won't go into subsumption here; see the book
by Anita Flynn, et al.
Basically, what looked like a stupid, incompatible toy has turned into a
pretty smart little brother. Even the micro-Scout looks better now.
Buy them all. This is the "heyday" of hobby robotics.
--Jack Gregory
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| I sent this message earlier, but since I received no responses, I am not sure I am getting out. Please respond to my neophyte questions! thanks Ok. I am still a newbie, but I am slowly getting addicted to Legos, Mindstroms, etc. (Now if I can only (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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