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Re: roboarm activities
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab
Date: 
Mon, 3 Oct 2005 12:32:56 GMT
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On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Elizabeth Mabrey wrote:

reflect the light from the light sensor, but it does not.  I guees I have to
use white tape instead of the tin foil.  Meanwhile, I am hoping that I can
add in another color, instead of just white & black.  Any suggestion?

I found that either rotating a colour wheel in front of the sensor(with
its distance LED off) in combination with a white light -or- using a
coloured LED at a _very_ close distance works well; i.e. most materials
give a marked response as long as you try all 3-4 colours filters/LED's in
succession. But I do need to feed my bricks through a tunnel to dampen out
the normal sun ligth enough.

Dw.



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Hi, questions to all the guru out there. I have spent 20 hours on this roboarm. I am hoping to make it work like a color sorter. - pick up a ball wrapped in tin foil and drop it off at a container wrapped up in tin foil as well. - pick up a ball (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)

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