LEGO Vision Command 9731 User Manual

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The Constructopedia is a building guide for Vision Command. It offers suggestions, hints and tips
to help you build and program robotic inventions that respond to what they see.

Follow these steps to get started:

Welcome

1. Build

The LEGO Cam snaps right
into any LEGO construction.
Use the Constructopedia or
your imagination to build
a stand for your camera.

2. Program

Choose different patterns to place over the Cam Viewer.
Program each region to detect different events like
motion, light or color.

LEGO Cam is a powerful PC Video Camera.
Capture images and video that you can email to your friends.

3. Run

Run your program from your
PC and see what happens.

Parts ID

CONTENTS

Introduction

LEGO Cam

page 4

Getting Started

page 5

How it Works

page 6

Connecting Camera page 7

Building Instructions

Cambots Overview: page 8

LEGO Cam Mount (LCM) page 10

QuadPod page 16

Monitor Stand

page 24

Motorized Cambots Overview:

page 28

Cam Rack

page 30

Power Cam Rack page 33

Power Stand page 34

Special Features

S’Cargobot

page 38

Design Tips

page 41

Extras

Tips

page 42

Parts ID

page 43

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LEGO, MINDSTORMS, Robotics Invention System, Vision Command, RCX and Constructopedia
are trademarks of the LEGO Group.

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LEGO CAM GETTING STARTED

5 meter/15 feet cable attaching
to the USB port of the computer

Microphone

Push button for
still pictures

LED lights up when the LEGO Cam
is in operation

Focus ring for manual
focusing of the image

This is the LEGO Cam, a powerful PC Video Camera. You can capture still images
and video, which you can edit and email to your friends, or you can attach it to
your LEGO robots to create robots that see.

Installing the software, and Camera Setup

Be sure to install the software before plugging in the camera.

1. Insert the Vision Command software CD into the CD-ROM drive of your computer.

2. Wait a few seconds. The installation screen of the Vision Command software should

automatically be launched when you inser t the CD-ROM into your drive.

If you do not see the installation screen, double-click your CD-ROM drive icon in the
Windows Explorer®. Then double-click the Setup.exe program. You should now be able
to install the software.

3. During software installation, Setup will prompt you to connect the camera cable
to your computer.

4. Remove the camera from the box.

5. Remove the protective cap from the end of the camera cable.

6. Insert the camera cable into the USB port. The USB port may be at the back of the

computer, or on the monitor.

7. Continue with the software installation by following the on-screen prompts.

Note: Windows98 CD may be required during installation.

How to connect to USB Port

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HOW IT WORKS

Vision Command

Vision Command lets you build and
program robotic inventions that respond
to what they see. You can program your
robot to watch for, and take pictures of
intruders, play music when you move in
front of the camera, or for those of you
with the Robotics Invention System,
follow you around the room.

Training Missions

By following the Training Missions
and Challenges in the Vision Command
Software, you will soon be programming
robots that see.

Command Center

First build one of the camera stands
shown in the Constructopedia. Next,
using the commands in the programming
environment, program your Cambot to
respond to one of the following: Motion,
light, or color.

Now run your program and watch
Vision Command in action.

Camera Software

You can edit any photos your robot has
taken and email them to family and
friends, or create stop motion and time
lapse photography in the camera
software.

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CAMBOTS OVERVIEW

LEGO Cam Mount (LCM)

page 10

QuadPod

page 16

Monitor Stand

page 24

QuadPod + LCM

Monitor Stand + LCM

Here are some of the Cambots you can build with your Vision Command Set.

Turn to page 28 for more Cambots that are built using the RCX from the
Robotics Invention System.

You can build all three models on this page with the LEGO elements
from your Vision Command product.

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LEGO Cam Mount (LCM)

The following pages show you how to build the LEGO Cam Mount.
This mount can be used to attach your camera to all of the other
stands included in this Constructopedia.

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