From: Victor Reyes Date: 2005-07-12T04:58:48+09:00 Subject: Re: Programming the Lego robots using Ruby technology. Well, what I actually witnessed on TV was no more than 2 minutes of aprobably one hour show. A program was written on a workstation(Windows perhaps) and the Lego was connected to the system probablyvia a USB cable. The pgm was downloaded into the Lego and a quick testshowed the device running, hitting a wall and returning. I just triedto remember Lego robot for later follow up, which is what I am doingnow with everyone here on this forum. I will purchase the device this week and I am looking forward to a fun summer. Thank you Victor On 7/11/05, Shashank Date wrote:> Hi,> > --- Victor Reyes wrote:> > > I see.> > I thought that I could write a Ruby procedure with specific directives> > to control the robot. Then the procedure would be downloaded "into"> > the robot for its execution.> > Yes, that would be the next step. Quite a big step though, since you would> need a way to translate not just the commands to their equivalent bytes codes> (which is realtively easy) but also the control structures (if-then-else, loops> etc). The current implementation uses Ruby's control structures and hence> can only control.> > > I watched a TV demo of the Lego Robot where directives where> > programmed and loaded into the Robot. Things such as: "When hitting> > and object, go on reverse" and more were used.> > What were they using to code the "directives" in this demo? If> it is the IDE that comes with the kit, then it generates the> intermediate Mindscript program which gets compiled into byte code.> > > I guess I need to read the doc.> > Please let me know if you need more details.> > > Thank you> > Thanks,> -- shanko> > > On 7/10/05, Shashank Date wrote:> > > HI Victor,> > >> > > --- Victor Reyes wrote:> > >> > > > Thank you Daz, I needed That!> > > >> > > > On 7/10/05, daz wrote:> > > > >> > > > > Victor Reyes forgot to Google "Lego Ruby" and asked:> > > > > >> > > > > > Do anyone knows if there is a Ruby API to program the Lego robots?> > > > >> > > > > http://rubyforge.org/projects/lego-mindstorms/> > >> > > Please note that it is Windows based API to CONTROL the robots,> > > not PROGRAM the robots.> > >> > > -- shanko> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > ____________________________________________________> > > Sell on Yahoo! Auctions � no fees. Bid on great items.> > > http://auctions.yahoo.com/> > >> > >> >> > > __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around> http://mail.yahoo.com> >