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>Luis Villa</A
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>Revision 1.1</TD
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>October 29th, 2000</TD
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> The Lego Group's Mindstorm Robotics Invention System (RIS) is probably the best reasonably cheap robotics kit available. However, the standard software is (unsurprisingly) MS Windows dependent. Don't despair- there are several options that allow Linux users to use their Mindstorms from within Linux. This Mini-HOWTO is intended to serve as a very brief introduction to the options available, and as a gathering point for more information.
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>Introduction</A
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>Acknowledgements</A
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>Disclaimer</A
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>The Mindstorms Architecture</A
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>The Basic Hardware</A
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>Where the Linux Tools Fit In</A
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>Mindstorms Vision Command</A
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HREF="pylnp.html#AEN243"
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HREF="pylnp.html#AEN246"
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>12.4. <A
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HREF="information.html#AEN279"
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>Historic Lego Bots and Construction Guide</A
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