http://www.marshall.edu/LEGO

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RoboLab Datalogging

• SENSORSCITY
• with Linda Hamilton

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Linda Hamilton

• Marshall University Math Instructor
• MA in Mathematics
• LEGO Specialist at Rahall Transportation Institute

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http//www.marshall.edu/LEGO
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LEGO Camera
http//legocamera.marshall.edu
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Web Interface for RED ROVER
http//LEGO.marshall.edu
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Red Rover, Red Rover,Send Students Right Over!
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MIT Mindfest
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Programming over the Internet

• A car, a monorail, and other vehicles are
  available for Teleoperation at the LEGO SENSORS
  City.
• The live view on http//legocamera.marshall.edu
  is from the side of the City that can be
  programmed over the internet by RoboLab.
• From the Red Rover side you can operate a Mars
  Rover near the South Pole as well as the other
  monorail, a gate, and other vehicles in the City.

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The Plan
is to show how to data log with the RCX to check
out information on distances and light sensor
readings. Some of the kids I work with have been
in FLL teams. They know how helpful information
on times, distances, and light sensor readings
would be in the early days of seeing a new FLL
field set up. They also know how easy it is to
have one program up and just drag the needed
icons to a current program.
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Example Programs
Programming for remote data logging
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Instructions for using SENSORS CITY

• Write programs in RoboLab
• Or use example programs.   
• Save the .vi program to your computer.
• Log in  http//SENSORSCITY.marshall.edu/CITY/
• After getting into the homepage, follow the
  headings on the left-hand side of the page.
• View Schedule and sign up for a time slot.
• Submit a mission.
• Watch on live video.
• Get your mission results.

SENSORSCITY Link
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Write a Data-logging Program
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Drag Data-logging Icons

• Highlight the wanted icons in the example program
• Drag to your program
• Wire them in

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Data-logging Icons

• Click the wrench in the upper left hand corner of
  the Change Inventor Level drop down window from
  Projects to get to Compute Tools 5 for
  data-logging.
• http//www.marshall.edu/LEGO/Bville0506/13Ap06Data
  logging/13Ap06Datalogging.html

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Data-logging Function Palette
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The program to Upload data

• C\
• Robolab2.5.4
• VI.LIB
• Explorer
  
• GPrograms.llb
• Upload Data.vi

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Or UploadData.vi is on

• C\
• Robolab2.5
• Engine
• VI.LIB
• Explorer
  
• GPrograms.llb
• Upload Data.vi

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Check Distance and Light Sensor Readings
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Time to Open RoboLab

• Have fun
• Do math
• Run robots

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In Any Season
Check in on the LEGO City
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LEGO Camps
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SENSORS CITY

• Science and Engineering NASA Site of Remote
  Sensing
• City Transportation
• Nick J. Rahall, IIAppalachian TransportationInst
  itute
• Marshall University
• Mars Station
• Linda Hamilton hamilton_at_marshall.edu
• http//www.marshall.edu/LEGO
• http//SENSORSCITY.marshall.edu

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SENSORS CITY

• Science and Engineering NASA Site of Remote
  Sensing
• City Transportation
• Nick J. Rahall, IIAppalachian Transportation
  Institute
• Marshall University
• Mars Station South Pole
• Linda Hamilton hamilton_at_marshall.edu
• http//www.marshall.edu/LEGO
• http//SENSORSCITY.marshall.edu