Archive for Mindstorms Software
LEGO Mindstorms NXT Bin Emptying Robot – Mark III
This is a LEGO Mindstorms NXT "Bin Emptying Robot Mark III". It is part of a larger project I have been working on, my "Ball Sorting Factory". A forklift delivers full Bins of balls to be emptied. The Emptied bins are then taken away to the processing facility to be refilled. The Mark II version [...]
LEGO Mindstorms NXT Bin Emptying Robot – Mark I
This is Mark I of my LEGO Mindstorms NXT Ball Sorting Factory, which I have been working for a number of weeks. The whole project consists of three main parts. Firstly there is the 'Ball Sorting Factory', made up of Gantry System with 3-Axis: Front-Back, Left-Right, and Up-Down for the Ball Gripping Claw. The Second [...]
NXT Tower Defense Programmed with Urbi
I came across the NXT Tower Defense project while cruising the web and felt compelled to share it. NXT Tower Defense is a system that lets you build, develop and play with your own robot. This robot is designed with Lego Mindstorms NXT for hardware and uses URBI, Qt and OpenCV for the software. This [...]
The New LEGO Mindstorms ‘EV3′ Announced
The third generation of LEGO's programmable robotics platform, the 'EV3' has been shown at the Los Vegas International Consumer Electronics Show. The EV3 is aimed at both enthusiasts, young and old, and educators. The EV3 has a long list of new features that add speed and power, intelligent programing, and more ways to communicate with [...]
Connecting the NXT2WiFi Webserver to a WLAN
The simplest way to connect to the NXT2WiFi Mini-Webserver Module is via an Ad-hoc Network, also called WiFi Direct network where devices communicate only peer to peer (P2P). There is no base and no one gives permission to talk. But this method is limited to the fact you can only have access through a single [...]
RobotC & Logitech F710 Joysticks with Windows7 amd64
ROBOTC has Joystick Controller stations built into the interactive debugger. "Joystick Control – Simple" is a debugger window to control the NXT via a Logitech USB remote control. "Joystick Control – Game" is a full featured Controller Station which is used mainly for FIRST Tech Challange or other competitions that are NXT or TETRIX based. [...]
NXT2WiFi, Webserver Sensor – Getting Started Guide
My NXT2WiFi, Webserver module for LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT robots arrived a couple of weeks ago from Daniele Benedettelli. I finally got around to unpacking this new sensor today. In fact the weather here today made the decision very easy. You can use the NXT2WIFI adapter to control everything on your robot from your Laptop, iOS [...]
Using LEGO Mindstorms RIS (RCX) KIT with Windows7
Installing LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Invention System (RIS) on to a Windows7 PC is frustrating to say the least, as I've just discovered this while setting up my son's computer to allow him to program my old RCX's. After dusting off the RIS 2.0 Disc, everything installed properly, but when I ran the program, the computer [...]
My NXT Says Numbers Out Aloud!
Update on NXT Sound: Dexter Industries have taken on my suggestion of using a "Quadravox QV606M1 Sound Module" for an add-on Audio solution for the LEGO Mindstorms NXT kit! For further updates on developments please check www.rjmcnamara.com regularly. I've been working on a project where I was working with lots of numbers as part of [...]
I’m the Winner of a Dexter dIMU Sensor
The Guy NXT door, (Aswin Bouwmeester) had a competition where you could win a LEGO® Mindstorms NXT dIMU sensor from Dexter Industries. It is the same sensor sent to Aswin for evaluation purposes, from Dexter Industries. Aswin recieved it for free for testing, and is probably is the best tested sensor available. Competition: Do you [...]
Download LEGO Mindstorms NXT-G v2.0
The LEGO® Company has made NXT-G v2.0 available for FREE Download. If you’ve lost your original CD of NXT-G v2.0 you received with your LEGO® Mindstorms NXT v2.0 set, or you want to upgrade from NXT-G v1.0. You can now download a 'LEGAL' copy of NXT-G 2.0 retail from the LEGO® website. The link below [...]
Restore / Upgrade Mindsensor NXTCam Firmware
After receiving my NXTCam a couple of days ago, I experimented with it for an hour or so initially before turning in for the night. The next morning, I found my NXTCam's Firmware didn't like being woken from it's slumber! I found Deepak Patil of Mindsensors extremely helpful in getting me pointed in the right [...]
Mindsensors NXTCam on Linux, with aNXTCam
Love Linux, have a Mindstorms NXT Kit, and your wishing for a Mindsensors NXTCam-v3, that works in Linux! If you are a Linux user and own a Mindsensor NXTCam, you life has just become a lot easier with aNXTCam. aNXTCam is a native Linux software suite written by Janosch Gräf for the Vision Subsystem v3 [...]
NXT Crane with Ball Sorting Conveyor System
This is a LEGO Mindstorms NXT Crane which delivers balls to a Coloured Ball Sorting Conveyor System. The Ball Sorting Conveyor System uses RC Servo Motors to control the Conveyor and Sorting Mechanism. A single NXT Brick Controls 4 standard 180° RC Servos in the Sorting mechanism and another is used for the Crane's Grab. [...]
Mindstorms NXT Robots Meets the Xbox Kinect!
InThe Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect sensor, is a horizontal bar connected to a small base with a motorized pivot, and is designed to be positioned lengthwise below the video display. The device features an “RGB camera, depth sensor and multi-array microphone running proprietary software”, which provides full-body 3D motion capture, facial recognition, and voice recognition [...]
Lego Mindstorms NXT Speech File Collections
[audio src="/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/SpeechFileCollections.mp3" preload="true" autoplay="false"] I have gathered together some collections of Lego Mindstorms NXT Speech Files which I commonly use with my Robots. All the Speech files are in Lego Mindstorms NXT compressed 8KHz '.RSO' File format, ready to upload to your NXT. The Number & Measurement set of Speech files are also very handy [...]
Create Mindstorms NXT Speech Sound Files
Give your LEGO Mindstorms NXT Robots a Voice, by creating New LEGO Mindstorms NXT Sound Files for them! This process is very easy, thanks to some Freeware Audio Editing software and some perseverance on your behalf. To get started, download a copy of Free Audio Editor for MS Windows and install it. To produce the [...]
Use a Wii-Nunchuk as an NXT Sensor!
The Wii Nunchuk is designed to work together with the Wii Remote on the Wii console. Contoured to fit perfectly in your hand, the Nunchuk adds extra buttons, an analogue joystick, and additional motion-sensing control to expand the game play possibilities. It is also an I2C type device which makes interfacing to the Lego Mindstorms [...]
LEGO WORLD Zwolle Edition Wall*E
Marc-Andre Bazergui has built a special LEGO WORLD: Zwolle Edition of Wall*E, the famous Hollywood robot from Disney/Pixar movie of the same name. This is the 4th generation of his Wall*E. So i called it zWall-E4. It only has Mindstorms components with no POWER FUNCTIONS or 3rd Party sensor devices used. The three NXT bricks [...]
