ROBOTC

A new release of the Driver Suite has been uploaded to Source Forge. Changes: A driver for the new HiTechnic Magnetic Sensor has been added, together with an example program for normal use and for with the Sensor MUX. Added a driver to send and receive messages to and from an RCX using the IR Link.  You can also control ...

The “Minifig Vomit Mobile” is what my friend Marc-Andre called the omniwheel I took the video of.  I felt that in order for that name to be more accurate, I had to add a minifig to the robot, so here he is, on the left.  Unfortunately, this one has no internal organs, being a skeleton and all, so there is, ...

For those who are keen to get their hands dirty with the latest beta release of ROBOTC, can do so right now.  New Features and Bug Fixes in ROBOTC for MINDSTORMS 2.25.1 BETA Improved “Step Over” debugging command. Previously you may have had to hit it several times for one statement because some opcodes (e.g. “setup sensor”) did a short ...

Yesterday and today I’ve played a bit with the upcoming E-Meter from the Renewable Energy Add-on Set and whipped up both ROBOTC and NXC drivers for it.  The NXC driver you can find linked below, the ROBOTC driver will be part of the next release of the Driver Suite. You can download the NXC driver right here: [LINK].

If you’re like me and are the proud owner of a small room, also known as the Lego Lair, you may find that the lighting conditions in said room sometimes leave a lot to be desired.  You may not really notice this until you start using a sensor that uses light to do its thing. Take the NXTCam for example.  ...

Finally, after what seems to be half a lifetime and then some, ROBOTC has support for the NXT 2.0 Colour Sensor!  Yes, you read that right, you are not hallucinating! When digging through the header files, it seems the adjustable built-in motor ramping is also back.  Hurray!  The info below was taken from the original article: [LINK]. Bug Fixes: Preserve ...

I am writing this tutorial in response to a Google Search query that landed someone on this blog.  Now I am pretty sure there isn’t one of those tutorials on my blog, so I am not sure what brought that person here.  To make sure the next person who lands here does get a satisfactory answer, I’ve put something up. ...

A new release of the 3rd Party ROBOTC Driver Suite is out! Version 1.4 includes quite a number of changes and new drivers: Newly added drivers: Holit Data Systems Motor MUX Mindsensors Motor MUX Mindsensors Touch MUX Philips PCF8574 driver for Mindsensors Magic Wand and PCF8574 prototyping board HiTechnic IR Seeker 2 driver (HTIRS2), replaces HTDIR Lots of extra examples ...

Mike Barnkob posted a really nice project on the ROBOTC forums;  a liquid handling robot.  I am sure you’ve seen them on most CSI shows; not like this one, however.  As you can see from the picture, it’s a fairly large contraption.  For additional coolness, he made use of the Firgelli Linear Actuators. The motors are controlled by using two NXTs ...

Copied from The Robotics Academy: ROBOTC 2.0.2 is available for both NXT and VEX versions. Go here for the links: Download ROBOTC for NXT |   Download ROBOTC for VEX NEW FEATURE: Deactivate Licenses! See image below on how to deactivate a license. Changelog for ROBOTC for Mindstorms 2.0.2: ROBOTC for MINDSTORMS 2.0.2 is a maintenance release for bug fixes and ...