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We've just had our first LEGO Engineering Conference in Singapore with Prof Chris Rogers as the Keynote speaker. (URL) other things I had the opportunity to give three presentations, of which my favourite is the one on "GBC - A Fun Way to Learn (...) (17 years ago, 24-Mar-07, to lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.loc.sg)
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| | Re: Studless building techniques
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(...) Font issue, I'm sure. The text seems pretty consistent with its use of "M". (...) I wanted to point out here that this was the official LEGO web site you were looking at, not private pages. "M" is actually an internal measurement that TLG has (...) (18 years ago, 10-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: Studless building techniques
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(...) Hmm I generally use a unitless number when working with Lego here.. But I do remember having it drilled into me at school how bad that is, we had a math teacher who used to bounce up and down red in the face when people failed to mention the (...) (18 years ago, 7-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: Studless building techniques
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(...) Dang. Yes, they do... and I'm ashamed to say I've known about those for some time, and neither myself nor several other folks never picked up on that. Drat. (...) Since that's the way numbers work, that's how I'd teach (more to the point (...) (18 years ago, 7-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: Studless building techniques
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(...) <snip> (...) building (...) Stability link. (...) 6-8-10 (...) the (...) beams (...) holes. As (...) misleading. (...) the (...) typical (...) compute the (...) hard to (...) 3-4-5 works (...) distances (...) methinks, (...) This I would be (...) (18 years ago, 7-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: Studless building techniques
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"Merredith Portsmore" <merredith@legoengineering.com> wrote in message news:J6M3F1.us@lugnet.com... (...) Merredith, Thanks very much for the link. It looks promising. Mark Haye Professional programmer. Closed source. Do not attempt. (18 years ago, 4-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: Studless building techniques
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In lugnet.robotics.edu, Merredith Portsmore wrote: <snip> (...) Meredith, Thanks for posting this. It is wonderful first shot at some of these building topics. I am concerned, however, about the Pythagorean triangles on the Stability link. The (...) (18 years ago, 4-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: Studless building techniques
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(...) There are some good basics at the LEGO Technic Design School. They've been slowly adding more (URL) Beams & Connectors How LEGO TECHNIC elements work together. Lesson 1: TECHNIC 101 Lesson 2: Stability with LEGO TECHNIC Course: Gears TECHNIC (...) (18 years ago, 4-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Studless building techniques
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I am working with a couple FLL teams, building with the NXT. I am having a little trouble coaching them on studless building techniques, as it is still a bit of a new concept to me as well. I'm sure I've seen presentations or how-to's on the subject (...) (18 years ago, 3-Oct-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Newbie needs Help
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Hi, I am a newbie and would appreciate some help. My 11 year old has just joined his school robotics club. He will be using set 9794 (Mindstorms for School with ROBOLAB 2.5.4) and has to prepare a robot for a Tug-of-War competition (based on FLL (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | FIRST LEGO League video
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Greetings All, Here is a video of a FLL team that I coached: (URL) team was quite good and made it to the the World Festival in Atlanta last month. In the five months leading up to the festivle, they were able to improve their robot to the point (...) (18 years ago, 31-May-06, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: advise on class size...
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I try to keep to around not more than 5 children per mindstorms kit (or per RCX if using Dacta), and not more than 8-10 per instructor. Usually - once you get above about 8, it is good to have a couple of other adults around to keep peace, so the (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | advise on class size...
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Hi Robo Educators, I would like to gather some opinions from the educators out there who teach their middle school classes using the LEGO MINDSTORMS + Robolab: 1) What is a reasonable class size in 2 to 3 hours session? 2) How about summer camp (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: vex robotics kit
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(...) I think you're paying not for the compiler, but for the "programmer" (a sort of serial adapter with an integrated PIC that massages the data somehow). But either way, yes, it's an extra $100 to program the thing. And without the ability to (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.edu, FTX)
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| | Re: vex robotics kit
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(...) I don't think so. (...) Sure, but it seems of not much value regarding programming. The informations on the vex site are sparse and not easy to decipher, but I think you will have to: - pay aditional $99 for somethink called easyC, that is (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | RE: vex robotics kit
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Hi Joe, Their website seemingly offers a lot of other gadgets. However, I have serious doubt about the programming platform though. Or, perhaps I have not found much about the programming language which can interface with it. ---...--- -------- (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: vex robotics kit
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(...) I haven't used it, but I thank you for pointing it out. (For others, the link is (URL).) I hate to say it, but this looks like it rather blows the socks off of standard LEGO robotics. The starter kit is $300, which is a 50% pricier, but comes (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.edu, FTX)
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| | vex robotics kit
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Hi I wonder if anyone has had a chance to use the new VEX robotic kit by radio shack. I am trying to collect the info to evaluate this product vs LEGO RIS + robolab in terms of educational values. ---...--- -------- Best Regards, Elizabeth Mabrey (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: advice for robogrip
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(...) Do you mean robot hands? If so, try the one from my robot: (URL) It's actuated with pneumatics at the moment but the two 24mm pulleys have bevel gears linking them, to keep the fingers synchronised, so you could use a motor and low gearing to (...) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.edu, FTX)
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| | advice for robogrip
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Hi, I am trying to look for a few lego end effectors configuration. I got the one from CMU's robotics educator. Suggestion will be greatly appreciated. --thanks (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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