Re: Python LEGO Mindstorm control...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Toni Meyer, I would be quite interested in your Python extension to send ir signals to the rcx. I am quite new to this stuff, hope I’ll understand what you did? Could you send it to me? Thanks a lot! Daniel: You do realize that you posted to a mailing list, not an individual, right? There's no evidence that Toni Meyer will see your message. regards Steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Python LEGO Mindstorm control...
Hi Toni Meyer, I would be quite interested in your Python extension to send ir signals to the rcx. I am quite new to this stuff, hope I'll understand what you did? Could you send it to me? Thanks a lot! Daniel Rupp -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Python LEGO Mindstorm control...
Hi all, I have a question re the use of Python to control a robot built with the LEGO Mindstorm system. This is to help my 11yr old with his increased interest in 'programming' and 'robotics'... If not feasible, he wants to use the graphical-tool that comes with it... Would you suggest: 1. Using LegOS (http://legos.sourceforge.net/) and writing/using py extensions from a Linux-box, OR 2. Using LeJOS (http://lejos.sourceforge.net/) and writing Jython utils. Wanted to incorporate Python somehow, as it may be quite appropriate for his age. Will have to help quite a bit in either case, tho... but was wondering which is a more treaded path... TIA, /venkat -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python LEGO Mindstorm control...
Venkat B wrote: Hi all, I have a question re the use of Python to control a robot built with the LEGO Mindstorm system. This is to help my 11yr old with his increased interest in 'programming' and 'robotics'... If not feasible, he wants to use the graphical-tool that comes with it... Would you suggest: 1. Using LegOS (http://legos.sourceforge.net/) and writing/using py extensions from a Linux-box, OR 2. Using LeJOS (http://lejos.sourceforge.net/) and writing Jython utils. Wanted to incorporate Python somehow, as it may be quite appropriate for his age. Will have to help quite a bit in either case, tho... but was wondering which is a more treaded path... I would use the graphical language environment that comes with Lego Mindstorms. It was designed for kids. I haven't seen anyone show how to program mindstorms with lejos and jython, only ruby: http://rubyforge.org/projects/lego-mindstorms/ In regular python, there is the Pyro robotics simulator: http://wiki.cs.brynmawr.edu/?Pyro but it is designed more for college students. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
RE: Python LEGO Mindstorm control...
I have a question re the use of Python to control a robot built with the LEGO Mindstorm system. This is to help my 11yr old with his increased interest in 'programming' and 'robotics'... If not feasible, he wants to use the graphical-tool that comes with it... Would you suggest: 1. Using LegOS (http://legos.sourceforge.net/) and writing/using py extensions from a Linux-box, OR BTW, this should be BrickOS (http://brickos.sourceforge.net/). 2. Using LeJOS (http://lejos.sourceforge.net/) and writing Jython utils. Wanted to incorporate Python somehow, as it may be quite appropriate for his age. Will have to help quite a bit in either case, tho... but was wondering which is a more treaded path... I've used the graphical environment that comes with Mindstorms in conjunction with CPython. Basically I have a Python extension that can send IR signals (well, a 0-255 number) to the RCX. In the graphical environment I can design a program to respond to the IR signals (pretty simple stuff), and in a Python script I can put more complex behaviour that interacts with other things and sends out the appropriate IR controls. (Essentially, the graphical environment is used for strict RCX control - turning motors on/off, reading sensors, etc, and the Python environment is used for everything else). I found this a good way to do things (although part of that is the nature of the larger project), and suspect it may be in other cases, too. It does mean you can avoid C/C++ (apart from creating the extension in the first place) and Java, and don't need to replace the firmware, as with LeJOS. The extension is a fairly simple adaptation of some NQC code (NQC is licensed under the MPL). I can wrap it up and give it to you if you'd like, or just describe what I did. If you wanted to do a lot more work, you could wrap a great deal more of the NQC code and have a CPython extension that can really control the RCX without using the graphical environment or BrickOS/LeJOS. I think starting off with the graphical environment is generally good, though. =Tony.Meyer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python LEGO Mindstorm control...
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], D H [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . . . I would use the graphical language environment that comes with Lego Mindstorms. It was designed for kids. I haven't seen anyone show how to program mindstorms with lejos and jython, only ruby: http://rubyforge.org/projects/lego-mindstorms/ In regular python, there is the Pyro robotics simulator: http://wiki.cs.brynmawr.edu/?Pyro but it is designed more for college students. Me, too; that is, I also recommend the included developers' kit, Pyro is indeed neat, and, to be certain it's clear to other readers, there are *many* languages used for programming Mindstorms, including RCX, Tcl, Forth, ... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
