Alice to hardware?

**Alice to hardware? -** 08-31-2007, 06:04 AM

Hey,

i got an assignment for my school, we have to connect movements and such from Alice to a lego NXT robot. Can anybody help me? How to connect movement from Alice to outside hardware?

Thanks in advance

09-03-2007, 05:07 AM

Nobody knows? :|

09-03-2007, 02:46 PM

Basically don't think it can be done.

You might look at http://www.westga.edu/~drocco/alice/scripting.html for some ideas - but scripting in Alice 2.0 is not fully implemented and the results can be quite unpredictable.

You might also look at Scratch, http://scratch.mit.edu/ , which does include interface commands for an external board. I know there were comments in their Education forum on working with Lego - but since it's not an area of personal interest, I didn't pay much attention to them.

**networking functionality -** 09-04-2007, 02:57 AM

When you read the webpage mentioned above you will find out that you can get data from outside Alice so you can communicate with other applications, users, hardware:
http://www.westga.edu/~drocco/alice/networking.html

With this feature you can have Alice get data from an URL (from an .txt, .xml, or a .php/.asp script)
The other application, user or hardware should write to a file or database which the .php/.asp script located at the URL should read and give the data back to Alice when requested.

Hopefully your Lego NXT can write to a file or database.

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Mathril Guest Status: Posts: n/a	Alice to hardware? - 08-31-2007, 06:04 AM Hey, i got an assignment for my school, we have to connect movements and such from Alice to a lego NXT robot. Can anybody help me? How to connect movement from Alice to outside hardware? Thanks in advance

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Mathril Guest Status: Posts: n/a	09-03-2007, 05:07 AM Nobody knows? :\|

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DrJim Guest Status: Posts: n/a	09-03-2007, 02:46 PM Basically don't think it can be done. You might look at http://www.westga.edu/~drocco/alice/scripting.html for some ideas - but scripting in Alice 2.0 is not fully implemented and the results can be quite unpredictable. You might also look at Scratch, http://scratch.mit.edu/ , which does include interface commands for an external board. I know there were comments in their Education forum on working with Lego - but since it's not an area of personal interest, I didn't pay much attention to them.

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JanOonk Guest Status: Posts: n/a	networking functionality - 09-04-2007, 02:57 AM When you read the webpage mentioned above you will find out that you can get data from outside Alice so you can communicate with other applications, users, hardware: http://www.westga.edu/~drocco/alice/networking.html With this feature you can have Alice get data from an URL (from an .txt, .xml, or a .php/.asp script) The other application, user or hardware should write to a file or database which the .php/.asp script located at the URL should read and give the data back to Alice when requested. Hopefully your Lego NXT can write to a file or database.