<div dir="ltr">Wow -<div><br></div><div>in case I haven't mentioned it - </div><div>there was a time when Lego Mindstorm played a prominent role in my time in Nokia Mobile Phones R&D.</div><div><br></div><div>There was a manager training course where manager teams had to compete to each build a T-Rex Mindstorm following the standard "engineering & prototype & production line practices" of the day.</div><div>The twist was that the instructions for various subassemblies were intentionally corrupted, and the parts kits were intentionally shorted or misconfigured.</div><div>To "win" - the teams had to learn to cooperate. </div><div>The lesson was that within the company - it wasn't really about competition - rather - it was more about working together for everybody / all teams to succeed.</div><div><br></div><div>The other scenario was actually in one of the reliability test labs.</div><div>I recall one task - to verify the cycle time life for button presses.</div><div>Rather than spend the cycle time and money to build traditional 'model shop' jigs made from metal that would 'last forever' -</div><div>Some of the guys built jigs from Lego Mindstorm - simply tapping the same buttons over and over again.</div><div>Sure - the jigs would wear out relatively quickly, but they were super fast and easy to replace.</div><div><br></div><div>Such fun...</div><div><br></div><div>- Carl</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 10:26 AM Doug Paradis via DPRGlist via Dprg_roborama_committee <<a href="mailto:dprg_roborama_committee@lists.dprg.org">dprg_roborama_committee@lists.dprg.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Passing of an era... <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/lego-mindstorms-robotics-kits-are-being-discontinued?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=whatsnewnow&zdee=gAAAAABjNL8NytfuvUzSQPsBXMz-DLdwAeMn-_wzJyjw8aCEqUQKxredrgI4u4TQZYwCVrOJAG3uOZn_CdbBZYk2oZaFcdJmLYflxVQn7OwqOJf1hOPlAHc%3D" target="_blank">https://www.pcmag.com/news/lego-mindstorms-robotics-kits-are-being-discontinued?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=whatsnewnow&zdee=gAAAAABjNL8NytfuvUzSQPsBXMz-DLdwAeMn-_wzJyjw8aCEqUQKxredrgI4u4TQZYwCVrOJAG3uOZn_CdbBZYk2oZaFcdJmLYflxVQn7OwqOJf1hOPlAHc%3D</a><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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