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Dr. Soubhi Sabbagh contacted me recently to get information on Code Pilot, and collecting various sources he was able to analyse and create a PDF code sheet. " So, I decided to study the bar code algorithm and I co-operated with www.dlsoft.com until (...) (17 years ago, 5-Jan-08, to lugnet.robotics.codepilot, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Another Theo Jansen style LEGO Walker
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(...) Very nice implementation, with very flat orbit of leg tip! Kudos for the use of bent liftarms to get fractional beam lengths... Philo (17 years ago, 4-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Another Theo Jansen style LEGO Walker
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(...) Good point. I've only seen the Jansen "strandbeest" walkers go in a straight line. (Seems dangerous for a beach cerature to have no way to avoid walking into the water ;-) In my design, the connection between the left and right halves of the (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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Hi Steve, very interesting design and a great video, too. Maybe I am missing part of the whole point here, but with the crankshaft allowing for single-motor drive, how would this beast move anywhere else but straight ahead? Just asking because I am (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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Hi, I just ran across Chis Mango's thread about Theo Jansen style walkers (Oct. 2007) and Thomas Johnson's (Feb. 2006). One of the videos Chris referenced was a design I did in June 2007. I took a different approach from Chris and Philippe and used (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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| | 8272 Snowmobile named in Canadian Toy Testing Council's list of best toys
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A friend sent me this link: (URL) CTTC also asks about 1,000 children test toys in their own homes for six to 12 weeks and then asks the families to provide a report of which are the most fun, and innovative. Among the Top 10 Children's Choice picks (...) (17 years ago, 3-Jan-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New TECHNIC sets for Fall 2008
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(...) That's one of my dreams too! To have PF based pneumatic control valves :). And longer pneumatics, why not!? Lets keep fingers crossed, LEGO is certainly reading ;). As Markus Kossman said in interview "...we are still working on the PF system (...) (17 years ago, 2-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: What would YOU like to see from TECHNIC?
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(...) I'd like a Technic figure industrial railway. You could use plastic track but with flat ends so you could make things like rotary dumpers without leaving a gap at the end of the rails. And being plastic it could be left outdoors. Every year (...) (17 years ago, 2-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | 8275 Tow hitch
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I'd like 2008 to be a great year for my Lego building, and I wanted to release something on the first day of the year, but I haven't got anything big ready. Something I have built though is a tow hitch. (URL) By removing the four pins of the 8275's (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: What would YOU like to see from TECHNIC?
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(...) After reading all of the posted replies to what “we” the enthusiasts would want to see from Lego Technic I wish to go on record supporting some of my colleges vehicle ideas and list a few of my own. However, as per several of the posted (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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