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NXT-G Trig functions

Posted by Damien Kee on Monday, January 24, 2011, In : NXT-G

HiTechnic have just released new NXT-G blocks that enable you to do simple Trigonometric functions such as sin, cos and atan2.

What would you need these for? Well when you're dealing with angles, you often need to calculate the length of the side of a triangle. Suppose your robot drives 1m forward, turns 23 degrees and then travels another 0.75m forward. How far are you from the start? That's where these blocks come in handy! I won't go into the math in this post but you get the idea. (wikiped...
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Microsoft's Robotics Developer Studio Info

Posted by on Monday, January 17, 2011, In : Lego

You may have heard that Microsoft has a robotics systems of their own which is now free to download and use at http://www.microsoft.com/robotics

You may have also heard that it also comes with a simulator so that you can simulate robotics in many different simulated environments such as a house, factory and city. Recently we have ran competitions where contestants were required to drive a simulated Mars rover and drive a car through a simulated city whilst obeying all the rules of the road.