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| Hi, I got a roboball and wished to test it out for my group of kids to do a soccer game. When I first received it, one light bulb was lit. I tested it with the lego light sensor, but no reading. Then I connected it to a 9v . Unfortunately, now, the (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| (...) Hi Elizabeth, The red LED serves only as an on/off indicator. And, as it only functions when the battery is fully charged, it is not a very good one. The rest of the LED's are infrared and invisible to the naked eye. One way to "see" the light (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| (...) Hi there and welcome to the world of RoboSoccer, It appears you have the Wiltronics (Australia) roboball which looks like this (URL) There is another type by EK (Japan) that looks like this (URL) The Wiltronics roboball has a built-in 9v (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| Hi Mr Soh, Thank you very much for your input. Would you share your experience and views regarding tackling roboball with the LEGO RCX and light sensors, without other soldering electronic components. I have a bunch bright young 11-14 kids, I want (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| (...) Here's what the kids can do to get started. Build a simple robot with a forward pointing light sensor. Place the activated roboball right in front of the robot and take light readings as the robot moves backwards. This can be done manually or (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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