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- From: Elistan+@CMU.EDU (Mark Alan Lang)
- Newsgroups: comp.robotics
- Subject: Re: Lego robotics
- Message-ID: <seygxeW00WA1M2CJ5M@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 10:02:50 GMT
- Article-I.D.: andrew.seygxeW00WA1M2CJ5M
- Organization: Freshman, MCS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
- Lines: 41
- In-Reply-To: <1992Nov6.142232.12010@waikato.ac.nz>
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- Excerpts from netnews.comp.robotics: 6-Nov-92 Lego robotics by
- pgm2@waikato.ac.nz i.ethz Reeder@reed.e
- > I am a new user on NEWS, so forgive me if I am asking the wrong conference or
- > if this information is somewhere else
- >
- > My name is Phillip Middlemiss, an undergraduate at Waikato University
- finishing
- > off a computers and maths degree.
- > The department has got hold of a "Lego construction set" which has all the
- > motors, sensor pads, and other extras. It is possible to control the
- moters etc
- > via a computer.
- > For a project, I am to build various types of robotic experiments for next
- > years AI class. The experiments will be things like the Blocks-world
- problem.
- >
- > What I wanted to know was if anyone knows of previous work that has been done
- > in this area. I cannot find any research information in our library at
- varsity
- > at all.
- > The information I am interested in is:
- > Languages that can be used to program the set;
- > any previous robots or similair that have been built;
- > the types of things that can be doone with the lego construction set.
-
- Have you heared of TC Logo? It is a derivative of Logo that has
- routines for controlling Lego constructions. It comes with a controll
- box that has nine motor ports (3 multidirectional, 6 unidirectional) and
- two sensor ports (simple on/off). I know that IBM and Apple ][ versions
- exist, but I don't know about any other machines...
- (And I though that the robotic-like Lego's came with TC Logo?)
-
- Anyway, this might not be exactly what you are looking for, as it is
- geared more towards grade schoolers than college students. But it's VERY
- fun, IMHO!
- Playing with Legos is FUN! :-)
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