[Pythoncard-users] [OT] Looking for sample robots

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I know this is OT but I am not having much luck looking elsewhere and I kno=
w there are experts around here that might be able and willing to help.=0A=
=0AI have been a lone volunteer mentor in my kid's school for helping them =
with building a Lego Robotic Team.  I am not mechanical in nature (just goo=
d with anything electrical and programming oriented).  Thanks to this activ=
ity, I have learned just enough to get the kids to build a number of very f=
un projects (thanks to Philo's web site).  However, all of the projects we'=
ve done are robots that, for the most part, move's around.  I don't know ho=
w to teach them to build things that would do something (like the ones requ=
ired for the FIRST Lego Legue Competition).  I've tried very hard to get ot=
her parents involved but none of them stepped up onto the plate: ZERO, ZIPP=
O.  It's very fustrating.=0A=0AI am pretty much at the limit of my capabili=
ty to help them.  Does anybody has a sample robot that can run around and d=
o something?  I am really weak in building things that can show the kids ho=
w to translate rotational motion of a motor into linear, longitudinal, or o=
ther motions.  We built Philo's Peaucellier Cell but to be honest, I really=
 didn't know how to explain to the kids what was accomplished (!!!)  We als=
o built a grabber once and so at least we know how to run around and grab s=
omething.=0A=0A=0A=0A                        Peaucellier Cell =0ASo, can an=
ybody here give me a hand?  We need Leocad samples of simple robots=0Athat =
uses different kinds of linkages to go around and do things.=0A=0ASorry for=
 the OT message=0A=0A=0A=0A--=0AJohn Henry=0A=0A