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| (...) Hi John when I started programming IR communication under brickOS the following site helped me to get off the ground: (URL) that helps. Best regards nathan    (20 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos) 
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|  |  | Re: Group project: RCX units run emergence simulation 
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| (...) I've never thought of doing it at a mass event (OK, possibly because I've not been to any), but I've thought of doing it on my own. I suspect the biggest drawback is having your RCX's already built into a MOC to bring to BrickFest. (...) If (...)   (20 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx) 
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|  |  | Re: Group project: RCX units run emergence simulation 
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| (...) That's up to John Barnes as Technic/Mindstorms coordinator. It would require a dedicated space all fest, which is hard to come by, and people to coordinate/monitor it, as well as people to devise the standards (may be the same people). So (...)   (20 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx) 
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|  |  | Re: Group project: RCX units run emergence simulation 
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| (...) Which I agree would be a very cool thing to see, especially with some strategic filming. Is there not room for both? Again, it would be neat to include Spybotics as well - depending on the behaviour you are trying to get.    (20 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx) 
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|  |  | Re: Group project: RCX units run emergence simulation 
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| (...) Hi! Cool. Now I'm a cohort ;-) (...) Well, sort of... the robotic forklift I brought to HoB is currently the most complex module (that I *know* about) that requires an RCX, but there are some other options. A ball-sorting mechanism is (...)   (20 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx) 
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|  |  | Re: Group project: RCX units run emergence simulation 
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| (...) TOTALLY agree. Not saying it's not relevant to robotics, there is lots of clever mechanical stuff to be learned from GBC... Just saying it's somewhat in a different direction from leaving a bunch of identical RCX based autonomous mobile (...)   (20 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx) 
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|  |  | Re: Group project: RCX units run emergence simulation 
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| (...) Not having an RCX does not necesarily make it irrelevant to robotics. I consider automatons fairly relevant - and the technique of getting a single motor to do many things is a very valuable one, especially considering the IO limitations of (...)   (20 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx) 
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|  |  | Re: Group project: RCX units run emergence simulation 
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| (...) Right, but haven't you and your cohorts (Hi Brian!) been busily proving that there hasn't yet been a mechanism that NEEDED an RCX? Most of the GBC modules are (brilliantly, elegantly...) purely mechanical except for the train ball return, and (...)   (20 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx) 
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|  |  | Re: Group project: RCX units run emergence simulation 
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| On Sat, May 21, 2005 2:37 pm, Suz said: (...) Suz, While it's not exactly a 'simulation', there is a community project for the robotics/technic areas this year. More will be announced soon, but you can get started by looking here: (URL)   (20 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx) 
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|  |  | Group project: RCX units run emergence simulation 
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| I've wondered about this for over a year now, but haven't brought it up because of not making it to the BF events. Now I can't stand it anymore and must ask. Have RCX owners considered pooling their units to run an event-long simulation? Each of us (...)   (20 years ago, 21-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx) 
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