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Commodore Robotics Page |
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This is my attempt to interface the Commodore 64/128 with LEGO Mindstorms/Technic built robots. I used a device called the B100 interface unit from a kit that was called the Robotic Workshop, which was manufactured circa 1986. I wrote a program which reads a joystick and moves the arm in the direction that the joystick is pointing. In addition the B100 unit has a built in infrared transmitter/receiver which I programmed to detect when an object is placed between them. Sort of like a motion dectection sensor. When the beam is interrupted, the program signals that there is an object for the arm to pick up. |
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Screen display of the custom written program. |
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Another screen shot of the program. |
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This is the arm that I built with my Mindstorms Robotic Invention Kit 2.0. It is from the LEGO Pro Challenges. I disconnected it from the RCX and connected it to a B100 interface module for the Commodore computer. As will be seen in another photo. |
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The B100 interface unit plugged into the user port of my C128. |
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Top view of the robotic arm. |
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My C128 setup. |
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I used leads with alligator clips to attach the leads of the B100 unit to the Mindstorms motor leads. |
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