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by legofoote
15 Oct 2012, 02:55
Forum: Mindstorms Projects
Topic: Wandering Mapping Robot
Replies: 3
Views: 5867

Re: Wandering Mapping Robot

Thanks guys for your input, this has given me a few good ideas that leads, of course, to more questions :) . In regards to using odometry to position my robot - I don't think this will work well for my current incarnation. Currently my robot is a tracked vehicle. The Lego tracks don't provide much t...
by legofoote
13 Oct 2012, 06:03
Forum: Mindstorms Projects
Topic: Wandering Mapping Robot
Replies: 3
Views: 5867

Wandering Mapping Robot

A little background first - I've developed a robot that works pretty good at roaming around my house and not getting stuck. Primarily it uses the US sensor on a servo to sweep the area in front of it. If it sees an obstacle it stops, looks left & right and then turns into the direction with the ...
by legofoote
13 Oct 2012, 05:47
Forum: Mindstorms Software
Topic: Programming Environment Recommendations
Replies: 12
Views: 12586

Re: Programming Environment Recommendations

Thanks for the info on Bricx CC. I think I'll give it a try. Let me see if I understand this correctly first. Bricx CC is an IDE that supports various programming languages and their related NXT firmware. Is this correct? I remember downloading a version of Bricx CC two or three years ago and I coul...
by legofoote
09 Oct 2012, 03:11
Forum: Mindstorms Software
Topic: Programming Environment Recommendations
Replies: 12
Views: 12586

Re: Programming Environment Recommendations

Hey guys, thanks for the feedback... I've been doing some thinking about the "features" question. I must admit, I don't really have a required features list. I just started playing with my Robot after a hiatus of a year or more so I'm not really into the right mindset. One thing that did c...
by legofoote
07 Oct 2012, 13:20
Forum: Mindstorms Software
Topic: Programming Environment Recommendations
Replies: 12
Views: 12586

Re: Programming Environment Recommendations

My current paid version of RobotC is 2.x. I was looking at the website and realize that I would have to pay to upgrade to 3.0. This started the line of thinking that I might want to try another environment. Also, I realized that it doesn't work on a Mac, so that further strengthened my thinking to t...
by legofoote
07 Oct 2012, 04:18
Forum: Mindstorms Software
Topic: Programming Environment Recommendations
Replies: 12
Views: 12586

Programming Environment Recommendations

I've used RobotC in the past a fair bit to build my robots a year or two ago. I'm now looking to pick up where I left off with my robot and am wondering if I should continue with RobotC or try something else. To this end, I'm looking for any input anyone might have. Below are a few of the considerat...