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Kale
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 Posted - Feb 03 2004 : 10:42:41 PM
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Regular lego isn't cheap, but I've recently found something even more expensive.
I'm building an experimental setup with lasers and lenses and stuff, and the mounting equipment for the parts is really nifty.
There are companies like Melles Griot and Thor Labs that sell all these pillars and cage systems for mounting things. Everything bolts or screws together and everything is precision machined because of the sensitivity of optical systems. All the parts are ridculously expensive, but so nice to work with... I'm glad I'm spending my boss's money and not my own. They have some nice heavy rails that you can build small structures and mounts out of. They're 95mm wide and there are corner cubes and mounting widgets that clamp to the sides of the rails. You could build some nice project structures with them even for robotics or electroncs projects.
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Posted - Feb 04 2004 : 09:19:58 AM
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Have some of u tried LEGO Cybermaster or Mindstorms. I have Cybermaster, pretty cool. I've built a robot, that analyses the light in a room, then counts the angel from its heading and turning against the strongest light.
Rich men toys u say? Check this:http://jpbrown.i8.com/cubesolver.html
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BEatonNo1
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Posted - Feb 04 2004 : 7:09:09 PM
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I have a mindstorms kit, but I dont use it much anymore. Pics have widercapibilities.
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Kale
Nobel Prize Winner
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Posted - Feb 06 2004 : 6:14:22 PM
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PICs do have more capabilities processing-wise, but you still need a physical system to do anything in the real world.
The robot rubik's cube solver was pretty nifty. All the problems he had with slippage and torque are due to the limits of the lego and the actuators. The stuff I'm working with has little micrometers and stuff for movement, so it allows for a lot of precision. It would be interesting if he rebuilt the cube-bot with more robust materials then lego. He might be able to make something that can solve a cube faster then a human, or at least as fast.
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Posted - Feb 07 2004 : 04:30:59 AM
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But still amazing huh? Lego is desined for taching children, how the world works and learn them to think and to solve the problem...
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Kale
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Posted - Feb 08 2004 : 11:51:03 PM
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Oh, I completely agree. For learning you want to have something that you can adapt to a variety of situations, and LEGO fits the bill nicely. It makes a good tool for developing concept models and education. Once you're ready to do something seriously though, LEGO is just too fragile. It really depends what you're doing I guess.
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