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I wrote a book, Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms, for exactly this situation. No extra parts beyond the kit are needed for 20-something of the 30 projects. Not to mention it is the only book to talk about ROBOLAB! In the book I recommend (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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(...) Chris, Do you have any of the Activity Packs that go with RoboLab? These are a series of activities that the teachers can use to integrate the materials into their classrooms. The teachers will need to see that there is support materials (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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(...) Joe Nagata's LEGO MINDSTORMS IDEA BOOK has wonderful projects. Even the simple ones are impressive and fun to play with. It has one drawback: You need 'extra pieces' that are not included in the Mindstorms standard kit. So I had to make a list (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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Hi all, I've been contracted to assist in an education class at a local university helping with a Mindstorms project and was wondering if anyone had any ideas or tips we could use in this class. The class is a group of 25 students who are getting (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks. I think so. (...) There are the same points between USB IR Tower and COM IR TOWER, but there are also different points. USB IR Tower can transmit VLL. USB IR TOWER does not echo back the transmitting contents like COM IR TOWER. For (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.vll)
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(...) VERY nice! This is what LEGO should have supplied with the MICRO-Scouts! We do not as yet have the 2.0's, can you explain what the tower can do and what it's like? Thanks Dean (25 years ago, 22-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.vll)
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Hi, all ! I wrote a simple free software named WinVLL for Windows95/98/Me/2000. This program tool for the LEGO MicroSCOUT (included DDK or DSDK) to control or programming. The USB LEGO infrared tower and optical fiber (included RIS2.0) are required, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.vll)
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| | Seymour Papert in The Irish Times
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The Irish Times, Friday, June 22, 2001 "Storming the Open Mind" (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Has anyone considered using Squeak to build a graphical RCX programmer app? (URL) wondering if it's possible and am not much of a programmer myself. -Suz (25 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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My students recently created a robot as part of their requirements for their Product Design course. You can see the results and notes at: (URL) B. Combs, MS, CIT Associate Professor / Instructional Technologist Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana (25 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Iowa State U. students use Legos to learn technology
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Speaking of LEGO golf courses, here is one made by my 6th graders, with lots of pictures: (URL)These links don't seem to stick around for long, which is disapointing, but (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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(...) These links don't seem to stick around for long, which is disapointing, but here's another story on the same group: Iowa State U. students design Lego golf course (URL) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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What a strange coincident. I had just posted the message when I went to my mailbox to find an examination copy of your text. I immediately checked to see if your text included any information and of course found it. You text is wonderful and as I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Chapter 21 of my book "Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms" (see (URL) is called Advanced Communication, and covers several advanced communication projects, including "Internet Communication with ROBOLAB". (25 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Try this: (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics)
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I am wanting to begin experimenting with web based control of the RCX using RoboLAB 2.0 but have not been able to find any information. Can anyone kindly lead to some resources? I have only the knowledge that this can be done, nothing else. (25 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Iowa State U. students use Legos to learn technology
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from article: " Iowa State U. students use Legos to learn technology [...] As part of Iowa State University's "Preparing Today's Teachers For Tomorrow" program, Computer Engineering 370 -- Toying With Technology -- helps pre-service teachers in the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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I have created a new site as a reference for educators using RoboLab in the classroom. I would love to have some of you visit the site and provide feedback. At present we have only a few examples, but we are working on adding many more. The most (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.events.robot-arena, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.loc.us.in) !
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| | Robotics Contest
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Our College is sponsoring a Lego Robotics Contest for Middle School, High School, and College students. Visit my LUGNET page located at (URL) for more information. Once there you will find a link to our official college site that provides (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.edu) !
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| | maze contest
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I'm a high school teacher and my students are entering a Mindstorm robot maze contest using LegOS. We have some code for a wall runner, but would like to see a more sophisticated algorithm to get out of a maze. Does anyone have some code they will (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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