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... (8 891 , back in 199 1).
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Figure 15.5 A Four-Legged Robot with One Leg Lifted
Figure 15.6 A Four-Legged Robot with Two Legs Lifted
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Figure 15.15 Our Four-Legged Robot
Figure 15.16 Top View (RCX Removed)...
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Expanding the term A
n-1
we get:
A
n-1
= V
n-1
x w
1
+ A
n-2
x (1 – w
1
)
and substituting in the previous:
A
n
= V
n
x w
1
+ V
n-1
x w
1
x (1 – w
1
) + A
n-2
x (1 – w
1
)
2
Continuing ... trick applied
during the 199 9 Mindfest gathering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT): two robots were playing soccer, searching for a special infrared (IR) emit-...
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... 493
Introduction 494
Building a Floor Sweeper 494
Constructing the Sweeper 494
Programming the Sweeper 497
Improvements on the Floor Sweeper 497
Building a Milk Guard 498
Making the Milk Guard 499
Programming ... publication.
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... triad 3-4 -5 (see
the third line in Table 1.1). If you multiply each side of the triangle by a
whole number, you still get a valid triad. By 2: 6-8 -1 0 (the one of our
first example), by 3: 9- 1 2-1 5, ... B
2
Comments
5 6 25 36 61 This doesn’t work.
3 8 9 64 73 This doesn’t work.
3 4 9 16 25 This works! 25 is 5 x 5.
15 8 225 64 2 89 This works too, though
2 89 is 17 x 17, th...
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... inte-
gration. Nevertheless, it’s a good general building practice, especially when con-
structing very large robots.
The same principle applies to your most important components: motors, sen-
sors, ... accepted source: the LUGNET LEGO Parts Reference
(see Appendix A for the URL to the site).
Building Strategies • Chapter 5 85
Figure 5.2 Alternating Plates and Beams
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... receives this bytecode via the IR
Programming the RCX • Chapter 6 99
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Playing Sounds
and Music
Solutions in this chapter:
■
Communicating ... 7
117
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Becoming Mobile
Solutions in this chapter:
■
Building a Simple Differential Drive
■
Building a Dual Differential Dri...
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... some exam-
ples of what can be done with them, our assumption being that you continue to
use LEGO parts to build your robots, and the RCX to run them; thus, we’ll dis-
cuss the use of non -LEGO sensors ... plat-
form again and resumes a straight motion.
■
Tri-Star Wheel Drive The Tri-Star configuration has been designed
for high-mobility, all-terrain vehicles. Each “wheel” is actually an e...
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... of robots harbored by every sci-fi
fan: the ability to respond to vocal commands!
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Figure 9. 15 A Pyroelectric Sensor
Figure 9. 16 John Barnes’ Voice Recognition Unit
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recently reissued in a specific service pack (#5218) available through Shop-At-
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... Droids
Solutions in this chapter:
■
Building an R2-D2-Style Droid
■
Building a Johnny Five-Style Droid
Chapter 18
3 49
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Unconventional Vehicles • Chapter 16 ... body partly studs front,
partly studs right, and partly studs up (see Figure 16. 19) .
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Figure 16.17 Rear View of the Skier
Figure 16.18 Bottom View of the Skier
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... 19. 2 Following the Right and Left Walls
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Figure 19. 16 Front View
Figure 19. 17 Top View
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Solving a Maze
Solutions in this chapter:
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Finding the Way Out
■
Building a Maze Runner
■
Building a Maze Sol...