HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: bleck@aztec.ai.mit.edu (Olaf Bleck)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Re: Neuron chips for robotics
Date: 12 Sep 92 21:54:36 GMT
Reply-To: bleck@ai.mit.edu
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

In article <2984@jeff.mdavcr.mda.ca>, brian@mdavcr.mda.ca (Brian Lemire) writes:
|> 
|> 	Is anyone using (or considering using) Echelon's Neuron chip for
|> robotics work ? It seems to be well suited for the task, especially for
|> complex designs where a number of micro-controllers would be used, since
|> it incorporates hardware and firmware to support networking via different
|> media. (ex twisted pair, RF transceivers)


Have a look at the price of the development software, and I'm sure you'll
loose interest really fast...  I looked into using them, but I didn't bother
to crack the manuals after someone told me the price (at least 2 zeros too
much as I recall).  Sure, the chips are cheap, but that's it!

I guess the marketing ploy is directed at toaster manufacturers or something,
who can drop a few tens of thousands to buy the software for any given
project.

-Olaf
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
From: pdivine@unixg.ubc.ca (Patrick Devine)
Subject: Re: defn. "slip ring"
Keywords: slip ring(s)
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 04:26:06 GMT

In article <BuLAxs.I9H@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> fasano@venus.iucf.indiana.edu writes:
>I tryed this and it didn't work for me.  I think it was because I needed 
>a spring maintain contact.  I  think the berings don't provide much surface
>contact either.

What is a ball bering made out of?  Perhaps it's just not very conductive.
Maybe it would work better if you tried using a different type berring, or
larger one.



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From: baden@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (Baden de Bari)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: * Directional Sensing...
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 23:18:30 CST
Organization: system 6626 BBS, Winnipeg MB


        I'm working on an inexpensive virtual-reality headset, and would 
like some information on directional sensing.  I was thinking of using 
the electronic gyro's used in model helicopters, etc., but I'm not very 
familiar with them, and how easily interfacable they are. 
        Also, if anyone has anyother suggestions for X/Y/Z directional 
sensing, please reply.
 
        >>Baden<<


;--- (Baden de Bari) a user of sys6626, running waffle 1.64
;E-mail: baden@sys6626.bison.mb.ca
;system 6626: 63 point west drive, winnipeg manitoba canada R3T 5G8
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
From: smjeff@lerc05.lerc.nasa.gov (Jeff Miller)
Subject: Re: The Springwalker machine
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland Ohio
Distribution: comp
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 14:23:40 GMT

In article <SJE.92Sep10120945@xylos.ma30.bull.com> sje@xylos.ma30.bull.com writes:
>Yesterday (1992.09.09) I saw a brief piece on CNN about a rather
>interesting new apparatus that provides mechanical assistance for
>human locomotion.  Called the "Springwalker", the machine consists of
>a metal frame worn on the user's back with springs and pulleys that
>connect to a part of articulated "legs".  The two mechanical legs are
>driven by the user's legs and form the only contact with the ground.
>Invented by a physicist, the newly patented device promises to allow
>walking speeds of from ten to fifteen meters per second (20-30 MPH).
>The idea is that springs connected to the machine legs absorb and
>store recoil energy instead of having it be dissipated as heat.
>
>I was interesting to watch.  The springs and pulleys were a bit noisy,
>however.  Perhaps the biggest problems were the apparent need for
>assistance in mounting and unmounting the machine.
>
>The inventor was hoping for mass production of the devices to bring
>the per unit cost down to US$1500 or so.
>
>This definitely looks like something that experimental roboticists
>should look at as an alternative to wheel or track based locomotion.
>
> [The above opinions expressed are my own; not necessarily held by others.]
>      == Steven J. Edwards           Bull HN Information Systems Inc. ==
>      == (508) 294-3484              300 Concord Road         MS 820A ==
>      == sje@xylos.ma30.bull.com     Billerica, MA 01821          USA ==
>"That Government which Governs the Least, Governs Best." -- Thomas Jefferson


I have never heard of this device, but it sounds like a double pogo stick.
"Locomoting" on a regular pogo stick is very tiring, which is due in part
to the extra mass you have to carry around.  Since this new thing weighs
twice as much as an equivalent single pogo stick I would guess that it
would be more tiring than a single pogo stick.  I agree that legs have
several advantages over wheels, however, this particular device doesn't
sound all that promising.  It might make an interesting piece of
exercise equipment.  Sort of like a Stairmaster where the scenery changes.


-- 
Jeffrey H. Miller     smjeff@lerc05.lerc.nasa.gov
Sverdrup Technology, NASA Lewis Research Center Group, Cleveland, Ohio

favorite book title: Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons

Newsgroups: comp.robotics
From: bleck@aztec.ai.mit.edu (Olaf Bleck)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Re: slip rings
Date: 10 Sep 92 23:55:27 GMT
Reply-To: bleck@ai.mit.edu
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

In article <1992Sep10.185451.24357@news.media.mit.edu>, fredm@media.mit.edu (Fred Martin) writes:
|> In article <BuDCu6.Czq.1@cs.cmu.edu> nivek@cs.cmu.edu writes:
|> > Fischertechnik is kind of superadvanced Lego or Meccano
|> > set. They're from West Germany but are sold by some toys stores in
|> > this country.
|> 
|> Have you played with any LEGO Technic (TM) parts lately?  They are
|> pretty darn complex themselves---universal joints, differential
|> gears, crown gears, bevel gears, worm gears, gear racks, etc.
|> 
|> I take exception to your inference that Fischertechnik is
|> "superadvanced" beyond LEGO Technic parts.


Okay Fred, 

Maybe not anymore, but certainly it was in past years! See, I had both sets,
and let me tell you, Lego weren't for static structures!  Much of the
Fischertechnik stuff is designed for devices using beam construction, like
bridges and cranes and cement factories and things.  But they also had a full
set of gears and linkages way back, so nyah!  Now, this is all from when my
Dad gave me some sets in the late 70's, so I imagine they've made some
improvements.

Seriously though, Fischertechnik is designed in it's original form for a
different purpose and a more advanced crowd, whereas Lego was originally for
the younger crowd.  Since then, F't. has retrofitted with simpler stuff, and
Lego with more complicated stuff, probably to dig into each others' market
shares.  Both are pretty nice prototyping toys though, but I think
Fischertechnik is more durable (except for one design flaw): it's a less
brittle plastic, and it doesn't depend on tight fitting pieces to hold it
together, but rather uses quarter-turn fasteners.  i.e. when you drop a FT
project, it isn't bound to shatter into it's primal bits!

If you haven't played with these, give it a try--they're really useful!


|> LEGO doesn't have a slip ring though.

Weh'hell, that says it all, doesn't it?!

-Olaf
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
From: jshea@eng.clemson.edu (john mark shea)
Subject: Heathkit, Serial Interface, AutoCad Programming
Keywords: Heathekit, Interface, Autocad
Reply-To: jshea@eng.clemson.edu
Organization: College of Engineering, Clemson Univ.
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 18:34:45 GMT

I'm new to this group, but I understand that some discussion about Heathkit robots goes on.  Please don't flame me if the questions I ask have already been answered or if the questions seem naive - I'm just getting started on this project.

Anyways...   Our robotics project group has a Heathkit robot.  What we are trying to do is program the path of the robot using an AutoLisp program in AutoCAD.  What we think we'd like to do is send the path to an interpreter and transform it into a formal robotics language.  We'd then like to convert that for use by the Heathkit.  We'd like to download instructions to the Heathkit in the form of machine language and the robotics instruction set.

However, we don't have the serial interface board or any of the instructions for it, other than a schematic.  One possibility we'd like to consider is mounting a PC board on to the Heathkit on a platform and possibly downloading the instructions in real time.  Another is to download all the instructions at once, in which case we would not mount a PC on the robot.

We'd also like to mount at least one additional ultrasonic sensor on the robot to assist in guidance.

If anyone can help us with any of these problems, it would be GREATLY appreciated.  Especially any help with info on using the Serial interface to the robot.  

					Thanks in Advance,

					John M. Shea
					jshea@eng.clemson.edu
From: lou@central.cis.upenn.edu (Richard Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Call for Participation
Date: 11 Sep 92 14:14:42 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


			Call for Participation
		 The Sixth International Symposium of
			  Robotics Research

The Sixth International Symposium of Robotics Research will be held
near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, from October 2 to 5, 1993. The
goal of the symposium is to bring together active, leading robotics
researchers from academia, government, and industry, to define the
state of the art of robotics and its future direction.

The symposium will be held in an informal setting with a limited
number of participants in order to maximize interaction.  During the
four-day symposium, approximately fifty papers will be presented, in a
single track, to cover the broad research area of robotics; some
papers will be presented in sessions focused on specific research
areas, others will be presented in a panel format to facilitate group
discussion.

Papers representing authoritative reviews of established research
areas as well as papers reporting on new areas are sought for
presentation at the symposium.  A number of leading researchers will
be asked to submit an extended abstract outlining a paper representing
their area of research to be presented at the symposium.  Researchers
who feel that they have made a significant new contribution to
robotics are invited to submit an abstract.  All abstracts will be
reviewed by the symposium Program Committee before final acceptance.
Extended abstracts are due by February 1, 1993, to either Program
Chairman.  Decisions of acceptance will be made by April 1, 1993, and
the final papers are due by September 1, 1993.

The proceedings of the symposium will be published as a book, with
introductions to each section written by senior members of the
robotics research community.  Attendance at the symposium is limited
to the presenters and to invited participants.

Program Committee
	Robert Bolles		Mike Brady		Brian Carlisle
	Georges Giralt		Gerhard Hirzinger    	Hirochika Inoue
	Steven Dubowsky		Jean-Claude Latombe  	Hirofumi Miura
	Marc Raibert		Russell Taylor	 	Charles Thorpe
	Tsuneo Yoshikawa

Symposium Chairmen
	Takeo Kanade 		  		Richard Paul
	Robotics Institute			Room 301C, 3401 Walnut Street
	Carnegie Mellon University 		University of Pennsylvania
	Pittsburgh, PA 15213		 	Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228
	tel: (412) 268-3016		 	tel: (215) 898-0372
	fax: (412) 621-1970		 	fax: (215) 573-2048
	e-mail: kanade@cs.cmu.edu 	 	e-mail: lou@cis.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
From: pdivine@unixg.ubc.ca (Patrick Devine)
Subject: Sensors Documentation
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 02:04:40 GMT

I downloaded and printed out the sensor.PS file at cher.media.mit.edu for
sensor information on the miniboard (I beleive).  Is this a continuation
of another document?  I noticed it says "Chapter 2.8" .. I've printed out
the rest of the miniboard documentation and it's not the same document.


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Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Need Newsreader, taht i can feed anu batches
From: imkesun@pegasus.ch (Ralph Kloess)
Date: 14 Sep 92 18:28:50 +0200
Organization: Pegasus BBS, Switzerland

Hello everybody,

I am looking for an PC-based Newsreader, -poster that will read in Batches
created by ANU-News on the VAX. It should also be able to create batches
for ANU-News. The transport mechanisn would be PCSA or any other Protocoll
but UUCP.

Thanks in advance,
	Ralph Kloess
+-------------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
I Ralph Kloess      I E-Mail                            I Disclaimer:      I
I                   I Internet: Imkesun@pegasus.ch      I The usual Stuff  I
I                   I PSI-Mail: -228-475212574::imkesun I                  I
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Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
From: piggy@gargoyle.uchicago.edu (La Monte Yarroll)
Subject: Wanted: UUCP for Mac or Apple II
Summary: I am looking for UUCP for the Apple Macintosh or the Apple II
Keywords: UUCP Macintosh
Reply-To: piggy@baqaqi.chi.il.us
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 22:42:13 GMT

I am looking for an email UUCP package for the Apple Macintosh or for
the Apple IIgs.  A commercial package would be OK, but something
freely distributable would be much better.

Even names of packages would be helpful.  Ideal would be an ftp site I
can get a package from.

La Monte H. Yarroll	Preferred:	piggy@gargoyle.uchicago.edu
   Work: piggy@mwc.com	Home:		piggy@baqaqi.chi.il.us
			often:		postmaster@clout.chi.il.us
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
From: jpr@jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley)
Subject: cup.portal.com problem
Organization: Unix in NYC
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1992 19:18:03 GMT


One of my users has a persistent problem in reaching friends at
cup.portal.com.

He's had similar trouble before, in that every time he sends to
user@cup.portal.com, the bounce always shows some error involving
corp.portal.com.

I would appreciate any help, thanks.


   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
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<<< 550 <cup!harv@corp.portal.com>... User unknown
550 <cup!harv@portal.com>... User unknown

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Organization: Blue-Knight Poductions
Reply-To: yury@bknight.jpr.com
From: yury@bknight.jpr.com (Yury German)
To: portal!cup!harv@uunet.UU.NET
Subject: Trying to get to portal

	Harv I had some problems getting mail to you. Let me know please ...

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From: vds7789@aw2.fsl.ca.boeing.com (Vincent D. Skahan)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Any reommendations for MS-DOS uucp?
Date: 13 Sep 92 03:42:59 GMT
Organization: none

thigpen@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (Keith Thigpen) writes:

>One of the things that I am looking for in a UUCP package is the ability to
>access both mail AND news. Looks like FSUUCP includes all that with the
>standard distribution.

>How do you incorporated that with UUPC? James Sizemore says that he uses SNEWS,
>but after a quick read (ok, it's late Friday afternoon and I'm ready to go 
>home-- I don't have TIME for a long read) of the SNEWS docs it appears that
>SNEW is targeting MUSH. Can it be easily integrated with UUPC?

>Has anyone tested them both? I'd like some information on their comparative
>strengths and weaknesses.

>Thanks in advance, guys.


there are 3 dos news/mail/uucp packages.  
you missed the most-used (and IMHO best) one - 'Waffle'.

uupc/extended is a nice mail environment.  snews is a nice newsreader
for dos.  The two combined work fine.

fsuucp IMHO has always been too buggy for me to rely on.
it's darn pretty, and seems maybe a little faster, but
my experience with it has been that it has promise, but isn't
reliable enough for me.

waffle has the best news<-->mail gatewaying features I've ever seen
including *nix.  It's news/mail/uucp features just plain work...
I will agree that it has a different look-and-feel, though that's no
doubt due to the fact that it's a BBS too (the others aren't).

The nicest thing about waffle is that you get the same look-and-feel
on the local PC as you can get by dialing into it from elsewhere...
you can read news on your home system (!) the same way you read at home.

I hooked snews into Waffle (!) and got a nice threaded newsreader 
that uses Waffle's lean-and-mean batching mechanism rather than the
uupc/snews somewhat kludgy one...so I got Waffle reliability with
snews threads...works great.

waffle's in mirrors/msdos/waffle/waf165.zip on simtel20 mirrors.
fsuucp and uupc/extended are in mirrors/msdos/uucp as I recall.


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Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,comp.mail.sendmail
From: anton@analsyn.gts.org (Anton J Aylward)
Subject: Re: smail3 problems
Organization: ASCI: UNIX Database and Communications
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 00:52:33 GMT

tron@Veritas.COM (Ronald S. Karr) writes:
: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
: > I have problems with undeliverable email being mailed
: > back to the local account used for login verses the original 
: > sender.
: 
: Most likely what is happening is that you created a transports file based
: on samples/generic/transports and did not change the file to make the
: appropriate changes for HoneyDanBer.  ....
: 
: What you must do is change all of the uucp-based transports in the
: transports file to use the second cmd= line, the one containing the
: -a and -g arguments.  ....

: #					# does this.
: 	cmd="/usr/bin/uux - -r -a$sender -g$grade $host!rmail $(($user)$)",


I did that when I first installed it.
The problem is still there.
--
Anton J Aylward
From: kevinf@tofu.informix.com (Kevin Franden)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Any reommendations for MS-DOS uucp?
Keywords: MSDOS MS-DOS uucp
Date: 9 Sep 92 18:06:17 GMT
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

thigpen@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (Keith Thigpen) writes:

>Hi netters.

>I'm looking for a good MS-DOS uucp package that I can run under windows.

>The most popular one (from my informal survey of net traffic) is FSUUCP.
>Are there any other strong contenders?

>One of the guys here at work uses FSUUCP, but he uses 1.2 'cause apparently
>1.3 doesn't run well in unattended mode. Is this correct? Is 1.3 fairly
>clean? (bugwise).

>Thanks in advance for the info. I'd like to get another PC up at home
>and install Unix, but this seems to be the best interim solution.

>Thanks again,
>Keith




I use UUPC/Extended - shareware from Kendra Electronic Wonderworks.  I like
it alot.  It has mail and uucp; it'll talk to itself and to a *nix host
as well.  Source is included.

I havn't used any others but I`m real happy with UUPC/Extended.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Kevin Franden					Informix Software, Inc.
						16011 College Blvd	
kevinf@informix.com				Lenexa, KS.  66219
{pyramid|uunet}!infmx!kevinf

fprintf(DISCALIMER,"I said what I said and not my employer");
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

There are Lies, Damn lies, Statistics, Benchmarks, and Delivery Dates
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
From: robhe@ecs.comm.mot.com (Rob Heape)
Subject: Looking for UUCP route to McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis
Organization: control_centers
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 15:23:41 GMT

I thought this was the best newsgroup to post this, but please direct me to the proper 
newsgroup if this message would be better suited somewhere else.

I'm trying to get a uucp or internet address for a Profs user at McDonnell Douglas to send
email. Does anyone have any suggestions where I can start to get info for an email address?

Please reply via email to robhe@ecs.comm.mot.com

Regards,

Rob Heape

robhe@ecs.comm.mot.com

Disclaimer: Any opinions are my owm, I don't represent anyone.
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
From: jester@crash.cts.com (Ken Bibb)
Subject: REQUEST: mta/mua description summary
Date: 7 Sep 92 05:04:29 GMT
Keywords: probably a faq

Could someone provide a list of mta's and their features (preferably
annotated?).  Is there one already in existence?  If so, I think it would
make a good "faq" like the uucp internals faq that I see every now and then.

I'm also interested in an annotated list of mua's.

Thanks!

--
Ken			"You're right about the moon
jester@crash.cts.com	 but wrong about the stars"--J. Browne
ucsd!crash!jester
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,comp.bbs.misc
From: anton@analsyn.gts.org (Anton J Aylward)
Subject: Re: smail3 problems
Organization: ASCI: UNIX Database and Communications
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 23:12:16 GMT

larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
: I have problems with undeliverable email being mailed
: back to the local account used for login verses the original 
: sender.
: 
: For example, rde logs in as rde -- in passwd he get the same
: uid and gid as uucp 
: 
: when mail is returned by uucp to rde as undeliverable, it is
: send to the local user rde instead of using uux to sent it
: to rde!<user> -- so the message is saved on my machine in 
: /usr/mail/rde -- when like I said it should be sent via uux
: to the site rde
: 
: I am (have been) using HAVE=HDB_UUCP -- and yes, I have the
: grade info in EDITME included in my /etc/uucp/Grades
: 
: The OS is SVR4 4.0.

Yes, me too, exactly this problem.  Same OS.
Only each UUCP account has a separate ID, same group.
/var/mail is filling up with files that have names corresponding to the
uucp login names, u_xyz etc.

I too have HAVE=HDB_UUCP and the grade info.
I've ben running older versions of smail without this problem, it seems
new to .26.

--
Anton J Aylward
From: ian@airs.com (Ian Lance Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: UUCP on DOS
Date: 12 Sep 92 21:44:58 GMT

esj@harvee.billerica.ma.us (Eric S Johansson) writes:

>In <jester.716190826@crash>, Ken Bibb writes:
>>
>>The most common solutions are unix-based, but there are also DOS and
>>MAC uucp implementations available via the Internet.  DOS Versions include
>>fsuucp and taylor uucp

>BTW, can someone point me to the dos port of taylor uucp?

I missed that in the first posting.  I don't think there is a DOS
version of Taylor UUCP.  If there is one, could someone please tell me
about it?
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Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp