Feb. 6 Surfing for examples Lego, simulators, 61499

Found a hodge podge of Lego and 61499 links.
The most useful Lego models will be moved a general post:
LEGO NXT Robot construction links 


* = now reference in another Blog entry.


LEGO 
comparison of Lego SW like mindstorms, LeJos etc

http://www.teamhassenplug.org/NXT/NXTSoftware.html

http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/products/robolab_vid_trainer/light1/light1quiz.html
http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/products/robolab_vid_trainer/light1/index.htm#

Taskbot improves on Tri-bot with 2 motors by stablizing the sensor at 90 degrees.
*http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/content/lego/building/build_shows/taskbot.pdf

LEGO Mindstorms simluators  
so 4DIAC 61499  LEGO tutorial users to learn 61499 can use it or try it out before/without buying LEGO  (1 time usage training online by firms and 1 time usage - not schools)
LMS http://ddi.uni-paderborn.de/en/software/lego-mindstorms-simulator.html
licensed for educational usage only by schools and universities
Note: Seems to change Java installation backwards, which caused me 4DIAC/FORTE problems, since a reinstall of Java seemed to fix the problem.


More recent:
LEGO NXT Mindstorms and the MS Robotics Developer Studio, it is a package which contains a 3D simulation of the TRIBOT. 




IEEE article - download at TU
Realistic simulation of a Lego Mindstorms NXT based robot
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=2&ved=0CAsQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel5%2F5268173%2F5280693%2F05280986.pdf%3Farnumber%3D5280986&ei=F2ttS9vaLonL_Qa19J2sBQ&usg=AFQjCNG8nyPw_mArNcOnQB1GZcOoKLihAA&sig2=pn0cQovSmDe9FDAi9dXv_Q

4DIAC
Finish Tutorial CFB and SFB

LDD = Lego Digital Designer (build model online)
Mindstorms NXT simulator?


Can LDD=Lego Digital Designer be installed on VT1?

In Tool_library I updated IN_OUT and anything else in HMI palette that had REQ with IND to CNF.
IN_ANY consistently gets an Java NULL pointer exeception - so its not up dated.
See http://robots61499eduprojectnotes.blogspot.com/2010/02/feb4-change-hmi-to-match-standard.html

Standard FB is not mentioned in 61499?
SI FB:When is COMPOSITE NETWORK needed / used?


What is Switch Workspace in 4DIAC?
How do you see what your workspace is in 4DIAC?

Tutorial:
Use Video. Example of stepping through Tutorial steps:
Connect / Construct / Contemplate / Continue
Each step ends with a summary review with a couple for understanding questions.

http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/previews/nxt_products/nxt_video_trainer/partial_product/behaviors/repeatingbehaviors/repeatingbehaviors.html
 interative design preview video is especially good 


Links
There are many interesting and possibly useful links here that need to categorized!
Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy / Nactional Robotics Center/ Robotics academy
http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/ General reference - covers many topics
*http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/content/lego/building/index.htm - Construction
Lego CMU Research



Labview Event Programming


Lego and Math
http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/content/educators/research/robot_algebra/index.htm

http://nxtbuildingmodels.blogspot.com/

Mindstorms book from 1980 - Turtle graphics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindstorms:_Children,_Computers,_and_Powerful_Ideas
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?objectid=CA77487B-CC8D-51AA-B13A5C010E1A99E9
http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/content/lego/competitions/index.htm


NXT BlueWii (9/08)  http://nxtasy.org/category/projects/  search on Wii

LMSimulator http://ddi.uni-paderborn.de/en/software/lego-mindstorms-simulator.html
LeJos example with non-Lego parts http://www.juanantonio.info/jab_cms.php?id=228

German too http://www.matthias-paul-scholz.homepage.t-online.de/lego/nxt/index.html

Even in Austria: http://legoleague.schule.at/index.php?PHPSESSIONID=&design=legoleague&url=community&cid=9312&modul=1&folder=83780&

61499 examples
http://at.iw.uni-halle.de/forschung/enas_demo/enas_gripper/