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What do you know about the new Robotics Educator CD-ROM by the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Academy? For more information you can look at (URL) then Robotics Educator CD-ROM. If you do the On-line Preview, then set your display to 1024 x 768. (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Old LEGO Daca stuff in your closet?
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We have a bunch of kids in our school who have been having a great time building stuff with two old LEGO Dacta (PC Controlled, wired) set of parts. Many of them are 1st to 3rd grade, and usually don't get to do our Mindstorms LEGO projects yet. But (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-02, to lugnet.lego.dacta, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | New Mindstorms Book available
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The long awaited LEGO Mindstorms Interfacing book written by yours truly is out. I've just received my 10 copies from McGraw-Hill. This book should be a welcome addition to the other Mindstorms books sitting on your robotic's bookshelf. The book's (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: New Mindstorms Book
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Sounds like an excellent book. I'll be looking forward to the release. I'm teaching several Robotics courses for educators and the content of this book sounds very helpful. Tonya (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Professor Chris Rogers Visits Australia
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"Professor Rogers is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering who is currently on a Fulbright fellowship in New Zealand. He heads the LEGO Design and Programming System Project at Tufts University in Boston USA, where the ROBOLAB software (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | New Mindstorms Book
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Hi Everyone, I just completed a manuscript for a new Mindstorms book entitled "LEGO Mindstorms Interfacing". This book explains using electronic circuits, VBA(Visual Basic for Applications), LASM, NQC, and IC4 (Interactive C) for controlling (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: Are these Robolab parts?
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(...) Thanks a lot! Now I at least know WHAT I have... too bad I can't use it. I have 2 sets, if anybody's interested, drop me a line at javanree@vanree.net and I'm sure we can work something out :) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: Are these Robolab parts?
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(...) Jan This comes from the original LEGO TC Logo materials (1980s) and was used as a counting wheel. You could use it as a rotation sensor by counting the number of seperations between black and white. It could also be used as an angle sensor. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: Are these Robolab parts?
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(...) Hey, that's a nifty looking shaft encoder. Where did you dig up that thing from? Is it truly made by TLC? It looks like one of those handcrafted works by John Barnes. It's the basis for an angle or rotation sensor. You will need to use it with (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Are these Robolab parts?
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Hope this is the correct newsgroup... The URL below is a picture in which some kind of sensor is displayed... The brick is 2*3 studs, and 1 1/3 brick high. The big hole in the side is big enough for a Technic axle to go through. The small hole seems (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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