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Re: Trigonometry and NQC
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Thu, 13 Dec 2001 08:50:17 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, Richard Jenkins writes:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm working on a project where a robot needs to travel a right triangle with
> unkown side lengths.  Basically, the robot starts at a point in a room,
> travels perpendicularly toward a wall, turns 90 degrees left when it hits,
> and when it gets to the corner needs to return to the starting point in the
> room (somewhere).  No marks or other guides are provided to help the robot
> find the starting point, but it can obviously measure the distance (or the
> time) of the two perpendicular legs.  I could complete the course making a
> square instead of a triangle, but that's not very elegant.
> 
> I prefer NQC as my Mindstorms programming tool, but it isn't apparent to me
> that it supports trig functions.
> 
> Can anyone offer any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich

Hi Rich,

Have a look at http://www.convict.lu/Jeunes/RoboticsIntro.htm where you can
find various tips around trig-functions under the restriction of integer values.

Claude



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Hi! I'm working on a project where a robot needs to travel a right triangle with unkown side lengths. Basically, the robot starts at a point in a room, travels perpendicularly toward a wall, turns 90 degrees left when it hits, and when it gets to (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)

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