Xref: lugnet.com lugnet.robotics:7759 Newsgroups: lugnet.robotics Path: lugnet.com!lugnet From: "Eric Brok" <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl> X-Real-Life-Name: Eric Brok Subject: Scout secrets revealed X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Organization: None Message-ID: <FKAyBr.9LG@lugnet.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: 145.89.35.199 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 07:30:49 GMT Lines: 12 Excuse the tabloid heading, but when I investigated undocumented behavior of the Scout last night, I hit onto some surprising features. See the preliminary report on LEGO on my mind. Highlights: - overview of RCX-triggered responses - wipe the dust off your Code Pilot, the Scout emits bar codes! See: http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/robo and select Scout from menu. Eric Brok
Xref: lugnet.com lugnet.robotics:7771 Newsgroups: lugnet.robotics Path: lugnet.com!lugnet From: "Ralph Hempel" <rhempel@bmts.com> X-Real-Life-Name: Ralph Hempel Subject: RE: Scout secrets revealed Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Reply-To: "Ralph Hempel" <rhempel@bmts.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: None X-Nntp-Gateway: lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com Message-ID: <000101bf214f$ea15e660$0500000a@pro150> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 References: <381855FC.8BD40AC4@bellsouth.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: lugnet.com Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 14:22:50 GMT Lines: 30 > Eric Brok wrote: > > Highlights: > > - overview of RCX-triggered responses > > - wipe the dust off your Code Pilot, the Scout emits bar codes! > > > > See: http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/robo > > and select Scout from menu. > Looks like Eric got his batteries recharged at Mindfest! Hmmm, if we have pre-programmed abilities in the Scout, maybe we can make networks of scouts to make a distributed control system? Think of a conveyor system with a scout driving the belt, another dumping things on, and a third taking things off. This is an awful lot like the Crickets we saw at the Media Lab! Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng -------------------------------------------------------- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: <http://www.hempeldesigngroup.com/lego/pbFORTH> -------------------------------------------------------- Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com --------------------------------------------------------
Xref: lugnet.com lugnet.robotics:7784 Newsgroups: lugnet.robotics Path: lugnet.com!lugnet From: "Eric Brok" <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl> X-Real-Life-Name: Eric Brok Subject: Re: Scout secrets revealed X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Organization: None Message-ID: <FKCt0E.7AD@lugnet.com> References: <FKAyBr.9LG@lugnet.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: 145.89.35.199 Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 07:31:10 GMT Lines: 20 Additional observations: - at the start of any program, the Scout emits barcode 004 which triggers a 'steam puff' sound in the Code Pilot (if it's in record mode). The Scout seems to emit no other barcodes (but motor left, motor right, motor float and puff) during the built-in programs. - showing a valid barcode on a computer screen doesn't allow a Code Pilot to read it, probably because of the interfering screen refresh rate (tried up to 100 Hz). - refresh rate may also interfere with a pulsating spot on the screen (to simulate bar code) but I didn't test it - running the Scout's light sensor over a backlighted bar code on regular paper didn't give any response. Didn't have printable transparant sheet. So far we don't know how to tell when the Scout recognizes a bar code anyway. - the built-in programs distinguish between three light levels. If the program is started at a medium ambient light level, a strong light will trigger the LED indicator and an 'up' sound while darkness will also(!) trigger the LED indicator and a 'down' sound. Eric Brok
Xref: lugnet.com lugnet.robotics:7785 Newsgroups: lugnet.robotics Path: lugnet.com!lugnet From: "Mario Ferrari" <mario.ferrari@edis.it> X-Real-Life-Name: Mario Ferrari Subject: Re: Scout secrets revealed X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Reply-To: "Mario Ferrari" <mario.ferrari@edis.it> Organization: Edis Srl Message-ID: <FKCx3w.B7p@lugnet.com> X-Msmail-Priority: Normal References: <FKAyBr.9LG@lugnet.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: mail.edis.it Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 09:00:18 GMT Lines: 30 Hi Eric, thanks for digging into the Scout and revealing all those amazing features! Last Sunday at the Mindfest I met a Lego representative who confirmed that there's much more than most of people image packed into the Scout. He told me they're going to release a textual interface to program it, and they will probably do sooner than what they originally planned. BTW, he knew all the names of the people the regularely write here, and web pages, concepts, works, software and everything happens here. Just to give you some examples, he came to our table and asked Marco Beri and myself if we plan to release a new version for our legOS emulator, and is not that emulegOS is a very widespread tool! And we talked about Laurentino Martins and his deep experience with Cybermaster, and he mentioned many others. So now I'm sure THEY DO READ LUGNET, and they pay a lot of attention to what happens here. Mario Ferrari http://www.geocities.com/~marioferrari Eric Brok <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl> wrote: > Excuse the tabloid heading, but when I investigated undocumented behavior of > the Scout last night, I hit onto some surprising features. > See the preliminary report on LEGO on my mind. > > Highlights: > - overview of RCX-triggered responses > - wipe the dust off your Code Pilot, the Scout emits bar codes!
Xref: lugnet.com lugnet.robotics:7844 Newsgroups: lugnet.robotics Path: lugnet.com!lugnet From: "Robert Munafo" <munafo@gcctechNO.SPAMcom> X-Real-Life-Name: Robert Munafo Subject: Re: Scout secrets revealed Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Nntp-Gateway: http://www.lugnet.com/news/post/ Organization: Scituate, MA USA Message-ID: <FKJJ2o.3HB@lugnet.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla/4.08 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.36 i586) References: <FKAyBr.9LG@lugnet.com> <FKCt0E.7AD@lugnet.com> <FKIEuL.45r@lugnet.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: lugnet.com Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 22:42:24 GMT Lines: 10 Just for the record, the real URL is: http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/robo/scout.html In lugnet.robotics, Eric Brok writes: >[...] > >http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/robo/index.htm > >Eric Brok
Xref: lugnet.com lugnet.robotics.scout:3 Newsgroups: lugnet.robotics.scout Path: lugnet.com!lugnet From: "Eric Brok" <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl> X-Real-Life-Name: Eric Brok Subject: Scout secrets revealed X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Organization: None Message-ID: <FKvMyK.24M@lugnet.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: 145.89.35.199 Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 11:34:48 GMT Lines: 14 Excuse the tabloid heading, but I found some surprising undocumented features of the Scout: See: http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/robo Eric Brok -------- Visit LEGO ON MY MIND: http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind NEW: Submit your own link: http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/links Dutch section: http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/nl