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Hi Chris, (...) That is why I am looking for a software solution. (...) This is very insightful. You are no doubt correct. If I were to present this challenge to children, I would only be setting them up for failure. A good teacher will carefully (...) (23 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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Hi John, (...) I am a little too pig headed to achieve any Zen like stated of mind. Once I come up with an idea for reducing labor I will spend thousands of hours finding ways to bring the idea to life. This eventually produces one of two possible (...) (23 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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(...) I don't want to discourage your efforts, but I view this as more of an academic exercise than anything that is likely to result in a practical brick sorting machine. There is so much variation in size and shape of the pieces in a typical mound (...) (23 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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You want a fast, efficient robot for sorting? Look in the mirror....lol. Think of it as a Zen-like exercise which allows you to achieve a state of altered consciousness while still performing "useful" work. It also improves your pattern recognition (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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Hi Chris, It seems to me that for the first time in history, kids could have a robot that can do the thing they hate most. Putting their toys away. This could be a very effective way to show kids the importance of robotics. Clearly, you have given (...) (23 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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(...) Well this depends on a number of things, primarily how do you sort: by color, by size/shape, or both? Several books have been published about LEGO MindStorms, and a large percentage of them seem to have plans for a "sort bricks by color" robot (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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Hi All, I am running a little robot discovery group at my local elementary school. When I started the group, all the pieces were sorted in see through plastic ziploc bags. But after only a few days the kids have all the pieces in one big mess. So I (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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I x-posted this to the lugnet.robotics, as I felt this applied to the robotics community in general... There is also a patch CD for LEGO Studios. I had to go through Tech Support (hint: select Windows 98 as your operating system... choosing XP then (...) (23 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) For FREE ! (At least mine was:-) (23 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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Please excuse if this has already been posted. I have just received the Vision Command S/W CDROM for XP from Lego and it works great ! Here is an email I received from them with the details if anyone else is interested. I received this after (...) (23 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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