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At 09:10 AM 5/23/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> Sounds like a fun project. I'm rather jealous. I wish my paid job involved
> playing with my Lego Robot. :)
It is really fun ... some of the time ;)
> That's precisely what legOS is designed to do. If you mean use a PC to
> control a robot running legOS, that is also possible. Unfortunately, the
> the IR tower used for communications is rather limited, e.g. the robot might
> be facing the wrong direction or be too far away.
Yeah, I kind of thought that IR may not be so good, but I'm sure that I can
find some ways around that.
> I think I read about someone doing this, but it suffered from the
> limitations mentioned above. One possiblity is to create a stationary
> robot, e.g. an arm that can pick up and move things. This would overcome
> the IR problems. This is probably the only reasonable solution for a web
> controlled robot. FYI: There is some java code available for use with the
> Lego Robot, though I don't really know anything about it.
That's an idea, although the data acquisition system primarily measures
stress, fatigue and things like bumps in the road. I'll have to play with it.
That may be useful, because I'm thinking that the easiest way to interface
the robot with the web is via Java. Do you know where I can find this?
Thank you for your help,
Nils
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| (...) Once upon a time, I was paid briefly to do it to. Certainly the best summer job I will ever have. (...) FYI, The main limitation with the IR, assuming that your room is reasonably IR reflective, is that the tower turns itself off and so it can (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| (...) Glad to hear it. Unfortunately, I'm also a student, the sysadmin, a programmer, and just general (computer) handyman, so I don't get to play with the robots all the time. (...) I see. So I can use regular laptop/PC IR to comm with the robot (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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