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The NXTolaus, a Christmas robot
Christmas is approaching, so I decided to come up with a NXT Christmas robot this year, the NXTolaus:The NXTolaus can be built with a single LEGO® MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 set.When roaming around with a...
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NXC simulator updates
In March we posted about a useful LEGO MINDSTORMS simulator made by Frank Knefel that allows you to program and test virtual wheeled robots programmed with NXC. The simulator runs only on Linux...
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Manipulator: E-Book for a robotic arm
Since six years, the polish RoboNET educates children in robotics using LEGO® MINDSTORMS NXT. Originally organized in summer vacation courses called RoboCAMP, the courses are given also during school...
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Moonbots 2012 winners
And the Winners Are..... Grand PRIZE - Hungarobots (Sopron, Hungary)1st Runner Up - Incredibots (Columbus, Ohio)2nd Runner Up - Apollo 19 (Escondido, California)3rd Runner Up - Titanium Springboks...
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Swarms of MINDSTORMS Robots (feat. NXT2WIFI)
Ever wanted to control an unlimited number of robots in sync? Ever wanted to go beyond the limitations of the built-in NXT Bluetooth system? Now you can! Check out the article here. More details on...
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FLL question; "So how to build strong"
Last Saturday I was at the biggest FLL Region finals in the Netherlands as the well known MINDSTORMS doctor, and there I got the Question;" How do I build a sturdy and good winning robot?"It is real...
View ArticleChristmas robotics video
Not LEGO® MINDSTORMS, but matching both Robotics and the season: a very nice video by the Autonomous Systems Lab of the ETH Zurich.Don't miss the outtakes at the end - they show why a general robot...
View ArticleBetaBot - a LEGO® MINDSTORMS NXT telepresence robot
Here's an amazing video of 9-year-old Rithik “Ricky” Kundu who has constructed a LEGO® MINDSTORMS NXT telepresence robot to interact with his grandparents in India:He called the robot "Betabot": "beta"...
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Hispabrick 15
HispaBrick 15 is now out. This great online LEGO magazine contains an amazing array of LEGO articles on all sorts of topicsNot a lot of specific MINDSTORMS content, but a nice little intro piece - An...
View ArticleNXT Gingerbread sleigh
What says "Christmas" more than a NXTified Gingerbread Sleigh? :)
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Happy Holidays!
From everyone here at theNXTstep, we'd like to wish you, your friends and family the warmest holiday greetings. If you're taking some of this holiday time to work on an NXT, project let us know about...
View ArticleLEGO Mindstorms Trial Truck
Landon Andrews sent through this great video of a 4x4 truck he's been working on.I noticed that there aren't really any really great mindstorm 4x4 trial trucks out there. It seems as though all of the...
View ArticleM&M sorter, if you only like the red
NXT1Engineer made a nice M&M sorter using the special minutebot base plates made possible with the Kickstarter project.It shows that much more can be done with these plates. Enjoy, the red!
View ArticleAnother GBC
Not strictly NXT, but there are some very cool mechanisms here in Philip Verbeek's GBC. This version is self contained (you couldn't hook it into a bunch of others without some modification) but it is...
View ArticleGive me 5; Amazing hand
Barbos, known in the Netherlands as Barman, made many amazing creations, but this hand, superb! Read below his description:This is my first Mindstorms MOC. I still need to get the programming shorted....
View ArticleTop creations for 2012
Along with every other blog out there, we have compiled our top 5 LEGO MINDSTORM creations as determined by you, our loyal readers. This list was done in an extremely unscientific way, by taking just...
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LEGO® MINDSTORMS DVD presented on the official MINDSTORMS web site
2013 is there and also this year The NXT STEP will keep on delivering amazing news from the MINDSTORMS universe to you.It starts with a personal pleasure to me: my new (German-speaking) 10-hours...
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MINDSTORMS EV3
There is huge news coming out of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with LEGO unveiling the next generation of their LEGO Robotics lineup. This new product, designated EV3, has...
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CNET has a nice gallery of 9 of the standard models from the new EV3 kithttp://news.cnet.com/2300-10797_3-10015228.htmlTechCrunch has a hands on video of the R3ptor and Spik3r in action. The linking...
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Education EV3, so Cool
The new education base robot, with a special metal caster ball. The all new small motor based on the PFsmall motor, but with encoder and MINDSTORMS connector.The new battery pack as you can see has...
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