Thanks for your help. I just got the book yesterday and am looking forward to starting RobotBasic. Once I have a better idea about how the book works, I will...
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waiket1041101621
waiket104110...
Jul 28, 2008 6:14 pm
Hi. I am Nick form Malaysia Robotics background: I am now taking the course "BEng (Hons) Electronics majoring in Robotics and Automation" at Multimedia ...
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Samuel Mishal
samuelm_robo...
Aug 3, 2008 6:05 am
Hi All, I encountered a problem today that raised an occasion for me to realize an interesting point about RB. ... I have an E_Book in a folder. The folder...
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Samuel Mishal
samuelm_robo...
Aug 3, 2008 6:13 am
Hi Waiket, The answer to both questions is.....No….BUT RB is a programming language that makes available a simulated robot (Just one) As John G. has...
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waiket1041101621
waiket104110...
Aug 3, 2008 7:14 am
... Hi Samuel, Thank for the reply on my question. However RB have some limitation on further study on multi agent robot. But I think it is still a good ...
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Samuel Mishal
samuelm_robo...
Aug 5, 2008 7:33 pm
Hi Nick, ... Exactly, this is precisely what RB is good for. PROGRAMMING a robot is what matters. RB allows you to experience doing this without having to...
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Samuel Mishal
samuelm_robo...
Aug 5, 2008 7:56 pm
Hi All, A few people have made some comments about Soccer playing multi-robots. Being from The Land OF Down Under, I call soccer, football. Think about it.......
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peterar
Aug 6, 2008 10:32 pm
It appears that a drawing to the output screen takes longer if that screen is on top (active, visible)than if it is hidden behind the editor window (drawing...
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peterar
Aug 6, 2008 10:35 pm
Oops, according to the Help, looks like Flip on/off performs this function. Sorry for the "noise". Peter ... these ... impression ... executed. ... rTurn ... ...
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John Blankenship
robotbasicbl...
Aug 7, 2008 6:02 pm
The screen drawing speed is actually a Windows/hardware "problem". When a window is active, the operating system is forced (by your hardware) to update the...
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peterar
Aug 7, 2008 7:08 pm
Is there a file append capability in RobotBasic ? According to the Help documentation, MTextFW deletes previous (existing) file contents before writing to it....
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Samuel Mishal
samuelm_robo...
Aug 7, 2008 9:24 pm
Hi Par, The commands you mentioned are ARRAY commands that allow you to write or read an array to file. IF you wish to append to a file that alread exists then...
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peterar
Aug 7, 2008 11:14 pm
Samuel, That'll work for now while the simulations are small. Thanks. At some point, it might become an issue if the array size gets "big" due to a lot of data...
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Samuel Mishal
samuelm_robo...
Aug 8, 2008 3:26 am
Hi Par, When I considered file I/O for RB I agonized a lot over it. Most languages do not make it easy for the NORMAL programmer to do file I/O easily, EVEN in...
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peterar
Aug 8, 2008 4:19 am
Samuel, Yes, the DATA statement... That's what I ended up using. And, thanks for the reminder about Windows virtual memory capability for handling very large...
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peterar
Aug 8, 2008 4:47 am
John, I haven't figured out to insert the FLIPs. I.e., I want to hide all output on the "terminal screen", creating the output onto the hidden screen, and then...
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John Blankenship
robotbasicbl...
Aug 9, 2008 6:19 pm
First, I don't think the FLIP command will do what you want. You can't SELECTIVELY control what goes to the hidden screen. EVERY screen command (print or...
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peterar
Aug 9, 2008 7:06 pm
John, Thanks. That does explain the behavior of FLIP better, and clears up why I can not do what I wanted to do. As for "...flip was not really intended to be...
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peterar
Aug 9, 2008 7:15 pm
Is there an "official"; location where we can submit proposed errata for the text books, and a place to view those which are accepted by the authors) ? PAR ...
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RobotBasic@yahoogroup...
Aug 14, 2008 9:31 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the RobotBasic group. File :...
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Samuel Mishal
samuelm_robo...
Aug 14, 2008 10:22 pm
THANKS A LOT Peter, WOW this is great work......very much APPRECIATED. Keep them coming.......With your help the book and RB will gradually become a GOOD...
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peterar
Aug 15, 2008 2:23 am
Hi Samuel, Actually, I would say that the book, as far as I've read now, is great, and that there are relatively few errors (compared to many books of this...
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Samuel Mishal
samuelm_robo...
Aug 16, 2008 12:01 am
Hi All, We are excited to announce the posting of Version 3.2.0 of RobotBASIC. The new ZIP file has new demo programs along with the new exe and help file. You...
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peterar
Aug 16, 2008 6:15 am
Samuel, John, Well, it's obvious from the amount of new development in RobotBasic and the new videos that you guys are having too much fun !! Congratulations...
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Samuel Mishal
samuelm_robo...
Aug 16, 2008 6:40 am
Thank you Peterar........ You are absolutely right.....we are having too much fun..... Our wish is to see others enjoying RB just as much as we are........ ...
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dragonet80
Aug 16, 2008 2:29 pm
Hi all, I'm new to this. I'm robotic fan from Ibiza, Spain, and hope can enjoy a lot this software wich seems very interesting....
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Samuel Mishal
samuelm_robo...
Aug 17, 2008 1:06 am
Hola Drago, Bien venido a nuestro forum....!Viva Espa~na! RobotBASIC was written precisely for people new to robotics to make them get into it quickly and...
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Samuel Mishal
samuelm_robo...
Aug 31, 2008 6:31 am
Hi All, There is a program in the zip file downloadable from www.robotbasic.com that demonstrates how to create a SIMPLE painter program to allow for using the...
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Samuel Mishal
samuelm_robo...
Sep 5, 2008 9:53 am
Hi All, If you do a search on YouTube for "Line Following Robots" you will find a multitude of videos of people showing off their work (some are quite...
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Samuel Mishal
samuelm_robo...
Sep 9, 2008 3:51 am
Hi All, I saw this game on the internet. It is supposed to be a test for fighter pilots to test their reactions. Supposedly the pilots are expected to last...
