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MolecularMan14
Posted: Nov 7 2004, 11:37 PM


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http://www.smallrobot.com/
Very cool... If I end up buying a new graphing calc, it will definitely be something to look into
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FuBoy
Posted: Nov 7 2004, 11:42 PM


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Nice. I was bored today so I browsed the ticalc.org news archives and found two similar projects were done before. One involved a Lego Mindstorm set controlled by a Ti-89.
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MolecularMan14
Posted: Nov 7 2004, 11:43 PM


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lol, nice.
Not that these things are practical, but very much entertaining :-)
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FuBoy
Posted: Nov 7 2004, 11:49 PM


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And that's all that matters biggrin.gif
Of course you would need to program some sort of Assembly program in order to output the commands you want.
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Cap'n Refsmmat
Posted: Nov 8 2004, 01:16 AM


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Couldn't you use the BASIC commands Get( and Send(, meant for CBL/CBR, to do the same? (as long as the robot was meant for it).
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FuBoy
Posted: Nov 9 2004, 11:39 PM


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No, I'm fairly certain it has to be in ASM, as variables such as A,B, or Strings wouldn't be complex enough to command the robot to do anything. I think.
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Cap'n Refsmmat
Posted: Nov 10 2004, 02:07 AM


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Couldn't the robot go forward if A=1, stop if A=0, and so on?
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FuBoy
Posted: Nov 10 2004, 08:57 PM


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Don't know, the concept that you can program a robot to accept commands from Ti-BASIC is kind of farfetched.
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MolecularMan14
Posted: Nov 20 2004, 03:08 AM


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true, but with enough variables, and some good programming, you should be able to "teach" it some cool tricks. Plus, Im sure it comes with some instructions or tips, considering, not everyone knows good ASM (I think I'll stick with computer games) ninja.gif
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FuBoy
Posted: Dec 6 2004, 09:38 PM


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Heh. I tried learning ASM over the summer. Gave up on day 3. I'm gooing to try to learn C over this summer or any break I get. This time, though, I got the right resources. smile.gif
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Cap'n Refsmmat
Posted: Dec 7 2004, 12:05 AM


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C would be very good to learn. I tried C++ but it didn't work, so I'm going to go through C first and then C++.

ASM is a heck of a beast to learn. I suppose if you do learn it, controlling a robot would be easy enough. You could control the link port and send pulses which moved the robot. If you were to buy a robot kit you'd have to learn how it was controlled, and what you had to send it to get it to do things.
Building it yourself allows you to know exactly how things work.
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