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(...) Container defaulted to the Red Container. The actual question was raised by one of my students. He couldn't understand why Variable 0 was assigned a 0. I suspect that the 0 means "the event register". The designation is sure confusing. To (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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(...) Are you zeroing out the container in this step? I'm not used to reading a robolab program like this. How did you output the text? I would be interested in see the vi. Could you post it or send it to me? James (URL) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Below is text output of a Robolab 2.5 program using two concurrent events. What exactly does "Variable 0 = 0" mean? It's right under the EventLand label. This line represent the default Red Container being assigned the Event Register Container. (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Thanks James and the others who provided feedback. A couple of the links provided were new and did provide some good info. My team became very proficient with the RIS environment and are doing well learning Robolab as long as they stay on the beaten (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, FTX)
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(...) Hi Glenn, I don’t have answers to your questions but think Mitchell has the right idea. I did want to post a couple of links to some coaching resources that I put together, many of them related to Robolab, that FLL coaches or teachers might (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, FTX)
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(...) If you haven't done so already I would suggest writing to the source: (URL) if you get an answer please post it as I would be intrested (22 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, FTX)
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I coached a FIRST LEGO Robotics team last year and the team members used RIS. Before the season gets underway I would like them to learn Robolab. I've been working with it for a few days now and have a few questions. I searched the news groups and (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, FTX)
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Kevin- I am trying to build a heavy duty automatic truck transmission, and I have a few questions concerning pneumatics. 1) I did a few rough sketches of what the transmission would look like (the main part of it is the valve, which I originally (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.technic)
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Just a reminder: The deadline for submissions for session presentations for the ROBOLAB Conference is July 15th. Also, July 15th is the cut-off for early registration ($100). After July 15th, registration will be $125. The conference will feature (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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(...) Hi Liz, One of the books I co-authored in has a Mindstorms based adding machine that performs arithmetic using pneumatics. Since the printing of that book, pneumatics design has advanced quite a ways. I build a lot pneuatic things, and would (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.technic)
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Suggestion on a good book which focus on more penumatic construction with LEGO? -- thanks, Elizabeth Mabrey (22 years ago, 5-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: issues with 6-legs bot
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(...) Your approach is pretty common. As it turns out, you can (should) remove the wait time, also. Many people think they need to tell the robot how long to turn, or how long to go forward. It's like driving down the road in a car. You don't look (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Hi Steve, Thank you very much for your put! (...) Can't take the credit. I got the idea from the Sato book, instead of 4 legs, I thought the 6 legs are much more stable. (...) That's pretty much what I did initially, except I used to put in "wait" (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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What if you were to make a small platform for the light sensors in between the legs that rest on the ground and has a slide somewhere so when the robot moves up or down it stays touching the ground. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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(...) Am I correct in thinking the two front, and two back legs don't move, only the middle two? That's a nice, simple design. And you have two light sensors, and your goal is to keep them on either side of the line, right? (...) If I understand (...) (22 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | issues with 6-legs bot
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Hi, I built this 6-legs bug for a black line tracking test. The construction: It is a walker with 2 motors, one for 3-left-legs, another one for the right. Middle leg on each side is connected on an 8-tooth gear and attach an 40-tooth gear. This (...) (22 years ago, 19-May-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Robolab Conference
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(...) Very cool! As a LabVIEW programmer, I'm usually able to attend NIWeek. This year I'll definitely extend my stay. For those of you that are going to attend this conference, I'd highly recommend sticking around for NIWeek as well: (URL) is (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Can Robolab stop the RCX switching off?
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(...) This *trick* is in fact documented on page 13 of the "Getting Started" Teacher's Guide for ROBOLAB Software where it says "A setting of 0 means the RCX always stays on". The sematics is likely to cause confusion because earlier on it says (...) (22 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Can Robolab stop the RCX switching off?
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(...) I know nothing about Robolab, but you might wanna try setting this value to 0. ROSCO (22 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Can Robolab stop the RCX switching off?
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(...) Entering a value of 0 is the trick to disabling the powerdown. (22 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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