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[Lego Mindstorms]

I came across Lego Mindstorms during my Masters at Sussex where we made simple Braitenberg vehicles out of Lego that could follow a light source or stop in the dark. It seemed like a lot of fun and a good opportunity to quickly build something useful without having to concentrate on electronics, so I decided to buy my own NXT kit after I got my degree.

Although one day I would like to be programming real robots (preferably many of them that are small and insect-like), I consider Mindstorms as a good middle-step between pure simulation and actual robotics.

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Problems with the NXC Compiler

After being paused by many NXC compiler errors, I can finally resume my work on the NXC User Interaction library that should be coming out soon...

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To Vote or Not To Vote: A Swarm Approach

I’ve never voted. I am not sure why, I perhaps don't care enough. People always tell me: 'Imagine everybody would decide not to vote! You have to vote because every small opinion counts towards the final results'. I've never agreed with it, although I couldn't express why...

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