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Is Occam-pi a good language to learn to program LEGO MINDSTORMS & Surveyor Corporation SRV-1?

Is Occam-pi a good language to learn to program LEGO MINDSTORMS & Surveyor Corporation SRV-1 robots for an programming newbie. Are there any opensource projects making use of the same -- to read source code. url for occam-pi :- http://www.transterpreter.org/ ...

Lego Mindstorms Programming - which language/IDE do you use/recommend?

I'm new to it and currently using the visual flow-chart like language that the Lego Mindstorms IDE uses. I'm impressed with how readable the diagramming language is but missing the flexiblity of actual code. I'm imagining complicated projects I want to try out and don't really want to implement them as a gigantic flow chart! lol :) I kn...

Is Lego MindStorms a good choice for basic robotics development?

I would like to learn how to write software for controlling robots. Is Lego MindStorms a good choice for this? Are there better alternatives? I'd prefer MindStorms, but after reading a couple of articles I get the impression that Lego has stopped research and development of MindStorms. What are your suggestions? ...

NXT mindstorm drawing robot.

I am a high school student and am thinking of making a robot that draws using different colored markers. I would like some guidance as to where I should start with this program. What I want to do is to construct a program on the computer where you could draw the path you want the robot to draw and then using the bluetooth dongle and the...

Combine Gyroscope and Accelerometer Data

I am building a balancing robot using the Lego Mindstorm's NXT system. I am using two sensors from HiTechnic, the first being an Accelerometer and the second being a Gyroscope. I've successfully filtered out noise from both sensors and derived angles for both in a range between -90 and 90 degrees, with 0 degrees being perfectly balanced....

How do I set up a Java-like language (LeJOS NXJ) in Visual Studio 2005 that uses an external compiler?

Recently, I installed the JDK and a java library called LeJOS NXJ, for controlling a LEGO Mindstorms robot. I'd like to be able to set up the language to run through visual studio, which offers J# color coding. The command line to compile the program is: nxjc "Myfile.java" and the command line to deploy or download the program to the ...

C++ OOP Library for Programming the Lego NXT

A while back, I got a Lego NXT for Christmas, and now I would like to program it in C++. I have looked around, here and other places, and could not find a cross-platform, open source, OOP C++ library that "felt right", including lestat and nxtOSEK. So, I have decided that unless I can find one I do like, then it would be a great learni...

Lego Mindstorm NXT 2.0: "Error: NXT Bluetooth passkey confirmation failed"

Running Windows 7 and the Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 IDE. The Windows bluetooth manager shows the NXT is connected and the NXT shows up in the Windows list of bluetooth devices. When I try to connect from the Lego IDE, however, I get a message that says "Error: NXT Bluetooth passkey confirmation failed". I entered the pairing key on the NX...

C# library for Lego Mindstorm NXT

Is there C# (.NET) library for Lego Mindstorm NXT, which is up-to-date? NXT.NET for LEGO Mindstorms last update 18.04.2008 http://nxtnet.codeplex.com/ MindSqualls last update 05.06.2007 http://www.mindsqualls.net/ Lego .NET last update 07.04.2005 http://www.dcl.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/research/lego.NET/weblog/ I know, there is MS...

What is the difference between the Lego Mindstorms 1.0 and 2.0

I am thinking about buying a mindstorms kit (I don't currently own one but I have used 1.0 at university) and I am a bit unsure as to the benefits of 2.0 over 1.0. I have seen other posts on the subject all saying generally 2.0 is better but I have some more specific questions about this that I can't seem to find any answers on. Apart f...

Lejos RGB color sensor

Does anyone have a code example of using the NXT RGB Color Sensor in the Lejos programming language. I have tried several different uses of setType() and setMode() but to no avail. ...

How do I design and implement a programming language?

This question is related to This question on Aardvark This question on here The past couple of years I've been thinking about things I like and don't like about languages I use. I always wanted to write my own language, but never did so. I also own both the Lego RCX and NXT, but most of the time I never actually make my robots do an...