After Earth Challenge
For those amongst our readers who haven't been aware of the After Earth Challenge by now that is hosted by the XPrize Foundation in partnership with LEGO®: the deadline for submissions is drawing near.
View ArticleA life-size and working LEGO® Segway
Simon Burfield, renowned for his great LEGO® Wheelchair, has published a first prototype of his new fantastic invention: a life-size and working LEGO® Segway!You need to watch the movie to...
View ArticleLEGO® Motor Scooter
There's an interesting video on YouTube with a nice application of a Gyro sensor on a NXT motor scooter:
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Sioux.NET on Track: A fully automated train controlled by LEGO® MINDSTORMS...
Here's an interesting guest blog entry by Hans Odenthal from Netherlands:A group of ten enthusiastic colleagues of the Dutch technical software company Sioux Embedded Systems are working in their spare...
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First look at the new EV3 software
After months of seeing the new EV3 hardware, a few of us have now been given permission to show the new EV3 software.I did an extremely quick overview of how the new blocks work mainly to show teachers...
View ArticleThe First Robotic Cheerleaders
Remember Mindy Mindstorms, the great dancing NXT cheerleader, by the Vuurzoons?Well, the have even surpassed themselves with a fantastic sequel: the First Robotic Cheerleaders.Ah, I love the movie!More...
View ArticleRobot handing out flyers
Leon Overweel had a great idea: with all the visitors on the Rye High School Science Research symposium, why not create a robot to hand out flyers?Very imaginative!More details can be found on Leon's...
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LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ EV3 premiere to be hacked at OHM2013
Some very special news, Steven Canvin, former manager of the MINDSTORMS robotics community, will be at OHM2013 to present the new LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ EV3 and hold a hacking contest.PRESS RELEASEFriday,...
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MINDSTORMS Contests at BrickFair VA 2013
Here's a guest blog entry by Ian Warfield, Mindstorms Theme Leader for BrickFair VA: BrickFair VA will be holding four separate contests for LEGO MINDSTORMS enthusiasts this year. The long-running...
View ArticleBeam sorter; why do you need a computer?
Not really MINDSTORMS but again an impressive model by our GBC master builder akiyuky.The model uses a similar mechanism to lift the beams as was created in the earlier axle sorter.
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EV3 and NXT: Difference and Compatibility
A new article over at Robot Square explains the difference and compatibility between LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 and NXT. This video demonstrates the compatibility between the two LEGO MINDSTORMS systems:
View ArticleTaberta robot
I love how this robot moves. It is from the RobertaLAB and it's design was influenced by nature. Apparently this is how the Tabacha spider moves (although I couldn't find any info on the real spider)....
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LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Launch in CHINA for LEGO Education ...Dear diary,
July 15, 2013 - ChangchunLanding to Changchun, China. Woohoo! However my luggage -including what's important …my EV3 robots- are still missing somewhere in Beijing (don't ask, my fault apparently). A...
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EV3 preview and source code revealed at OHM2013
Last night at precise 0:00 Xander shared the source code of the EV3 firmware on his blog [botbench]. After a great presentation by Steven Canvin at OHM2013 [link], were he shared with the audience how...
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The 12 bonus models for the EV3 Home Edition
The day before yesterday, LEGO announced that the Home Edition of EV3 will be available at 1st of September for purchase in the stores.Also the 12 bonus models created by members of the community have...
View ArticleJEEV3S, a sticker-into-flyer machine
Mike Brandl from Austria has created a very cool EV3-based machine that sorts stickers into flyers:
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Lee, talks about the new LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 set that is available...
NOW is the time!!! The best ever LEGO MINDSTORMS robotics platform starts to conquer the world! August 1st, was the official release date of the LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 Core set, while the EV3...
View ArticleEV3 and NXT at Fana'Briques 2013
Finally I've found time to create a small movie on our community MINDSTORMS booth at Fana'Briques 2013 that took place end of June in Rosheim (Alsace, France):Fana'Briques is one of the largest annual...
View ArticleRemotely controllable NXT camera rig
Leon Overweel, the creator of the robot that is handing out flyers, has come up with a new nice machine: a NXT-driven rig for panning and tilting a mobile phone's camera that can be remotelly...
View ArticleEV3 Dolphin cruiser
Anika Vuurzoon has published another one of her fantastic MINDSTORMS movies: this time it's the Friends set #41015 that has been upgraded by EV3 components and some dolphins.
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