http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/ The Seattle Robotics Society Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:46:18 GMT oric_dan http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41157 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41157 ... Following link calls Bimbotown "the world's only robotic nightclub". Sounds pretty decriptive. Has some good pictures of the robotic drummer. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:52:09 GMT Peter Balch http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41156 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41156 Jon ... It's the sort of situation that can easily occur if you have a remote "data collection" gizmo which transmits data continuously. After all, why Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:54:37 GMT David Buckley http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41155 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41155 Hi Bimbo Town, bit of a mystery. Here Bimbos are good looking air headed women and I guess there must be some at the Bimbo parties. Jim has built several Bimbo Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:25:28 GMT oric_dan http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41154 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41154 ... Another way of saying this is that the "algorithms" come from interactions in society in general, ie, as social memes. Culture is as major a player in the Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:41:10 GMT dcwjobs2004 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41153 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41153 As a farmer friend who liked one-liners once said, "You can't come back from where you haven't been." After 50+ or 3,000+ (your choice) years of intense, high Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:37:16 GMT Lamis Abdo http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41152 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41152 Hi everyone, My name is Lamis Abdo and i'm new to this group. I'm a senior mechanical engineer student. In my mechatronics course, i was asked to design for Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:31:07 GMT oric_dan http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41151 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41151 ... From that page, it looks like you've had a good time combining work and fun over the years. Is this what you're talking about with the other thing? Bimbo Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:33:59 GMT David Buckley http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41150 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41150 Hi Dan This time it was play/work. Went to Leipzig for the Bimbo Party and then worked on stuff for JIm Whiting's Boxer Shorts Bingo show in London, brought it Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:21:13 GMT oric_dan http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41149 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41149 ... What! Yet another 6-weeks on the continent tracking down rumors about 60-year old robots? What a life. This roadmap thing kind of reminds me of Owen Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:28:09 GMT David http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41148 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41148 Hi Dan I've been away again! Road maps are for people who have no idea where they are going. Unfortunately for AGI, road maps depend on people actually having Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:36:59 GMT oric_dan http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41147 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41147 I hate to see it, but the AGI guys seem to be making such little substantive progress they are now reduced to holding national meetings to formulate Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:19:57 GMT Dave Hylands http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41146 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41146 Hi, ... I also use USB serial adapters quite a bit. We use them to download our software images to the embedded linux boards we use. We typically download at Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:04:57 GMT Alex Brown http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41145 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41145 Peter, Following is the description from the Garmin GPS18x technical spec. It implies that the problem can occur for any serial interface. My experience is Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:38:08 GMT Jon Hylands http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41144 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41144 On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:12:32 -0000, "Peter Balch" ... I run data at 1.0 Mbps over an FT232. Its a packet-based form, and it flows in both directions. Sparse Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:13:02 GMT Peter Balch http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41143 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SeattleRobotics/message/41143 Jon ... Nope. By "shut down" I mean I told Windows to close and it did so. I didn't just hit the power switch. The problem only occurred when serial data was