Dave ... OK. I was being lazy in assuming that words like process, task and thread all meant the same thing. I chose "task" because it has the fewest letters. ...
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Kevin Impson said: Friday, January 30, 2009 4:19 AM ... All right, Kevin, others, isn't that about enough personal jabs and taunting? I attacked an idea,...
... I built three research robots for Coroware, each based around a Mini ITX motherboard. Each equipped with video, audio, and 6 dof arms, teleoperated via...
Randy, Since you asked..... The Leaf Project is a free open-source autonomous hobby robotics project with now about 500 people worldwide on the Yahoo Groups...
Bruce: thanks for cutting that (ad hominin intended) blowhard down to size. ... From: SeattleRobotics@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SeattleRobotics@yahoogroups.com]...
Randy, I happen to have insight into all three of the PC-based robotics projects you listed. I was one of the original Leaf developers, have worked at...
Randy attacked an idea. The rest of you are attacking Randy. If you disagree with him, cut out the personal attacks and objectively address his points. ...
Hi Peter, Good points. I will respond to some of it while snipping some of the text to make it more manageable. ... long time" ... at once. ... IMO, the...
... Kevin had posted a project, not an idea. ... on a Asus eee PC & ... with that PC which is ... robot from scratch at ... turning. (I've mentioned ... been...
I think this is on topic. It is a quote from "The Embedded Muse" newsletter by Jack Gansssle, a noted guru of embedded systems. "Computer Science Education ......
... Randy may have been overly-aggressive, but Kevin has been somewhat quiet on what software he will be using on the WinXP netbook, and what sort of tasks it...
Hi Group, I was at Target today and noticed they have the "Spy Video ATV-360" on sale for $25 marked down from $100. This is a dual-stick radio controlled...
... I think Jack has been out of college for too long, and forgot about the time constraints in regards how much material one can cram into another's naive...
... Does the sound output go "... click, click, click, click, etc ..."? IOW, a lot of background noise. ... on sale for $25 marked down from $100. This is a...
The sound shuts off while driving. ... From: "dan michaels" <oric_dan@...> To: <SeattleRobotics@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 3:00 PM ...
Hello Everyone, Design News Magazine had this cute make-over of a Tickle Me Elmo into a PIC-based robot. Tom Carroll ...
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... on a Asus eee PC & phidgets. He is doing low level real time control of his robots with that PC which is running Linux (of some form) & using Java. He...
... I realize that. But it's the only reference I could find on Don's local club forum [FrontRangeRobotics] that mentioned Asus, Linux, and Java, and phidgets....
... I also think getting back to basics and concentrating on doing simpler activities in environments is important. That's the path I am going back to with my...
... Alan Oursland said: Thursday, January 29, 2009 10:44 PM ... robot. Alan, I think you have a point. However, it depends on how you mean "see the world". It...
David Wyland said: Monday, January 26, 2009 11:51 AM ... Oh heavens. I have such a mixed view of what happened with FIG Forth. I think we took the most...
Well, he did build a robot at one of our meetings using those wheels, his Asus PC & a much longer chassis. There's at least one other regular visitor to this...
It would be interesting to hear/see more on this 'bot. Did you maybe mean "assemble"? Not trying to be critical. I could see someone building a Lynxmotion,...
I know a guy who has made a living at it for the better part of 30 years. He's now working for the main forth guy who has done a whole ASIC company using it....