ExoForce Wheeled Rover Prototype

LEGO Mindstorms Published December 8, 2011 at 1:39 am No Comments

This is my ExoForce Rover Wheeled Prototype Chassis. Using the 'Exoforce Wheel Mounts' discussed in my previous post, I now have the basic chassis set-up. The Chassis allows both the front and rear wheels to be driven. Also both front and rear axles steer in order to help to decrease the robots turning circle.  CAD [...]

Using ExoForce Devastator Wheels

LEGO Mindstorms Published December 6, 2011 at 11:53 pm 1 Comment

Using LEGO ExoForce Devastator Wheels (160mm D. x 28mm) to go Off-road with your LEGO NXT Robots is a great idea. But, the biggest problem is creating a solid attachment to you Robot.  LEGO ExoForce Devastator Wheel Interface After an hour or two, involving a lot of trial and error, I came up with the [...]

Dexter Industries NXT dGPS Sensor

dGPS Published November 24, 2010 at 11:32 pm No Comments

Dexter Industries have released the dGPS Sensor, which is a GPS Sensor for Lego Mindstorms NXT Robotics. The Dexter Industries dGPS Sensor provides GPS coordinate information to your robot and preforms calculations on the navigation information received that can be used to navigate to your target coordinates. The sensor provides  real-time latitude, longitude, time, speed [...]