LEGO Report: The Changing World of Children at Play
LEGO MINDSTORMS Infographic Link to this post!
LEGO Mindstorms NXT X-Y Plotter
I’ve have built my first LEGO Mindstorms NXT Plotter (printer) which is programmed with RobotC. The plotter draws pictures by drawing whole lines, known as vectors. An X–Y plotter is a plotter that operates in two axes of motion ("X" and "Y") in order to draw continuous vector graphics. The term was used to [...]
‘Melon Factor’ – Conclusion
This was to be Part 4/5 of my Melon Factor Project, for the NXTLog FoodFactor Competition for May 2012. It's unfortunate, but time has not been kind. I had more important real life issues that dragged me away from the project. Link to this post!
WifiBlock for Lego Mindstorms NXT
Yet another Wi-Fi Add-on for the Lego® Mindstorms NXT development environment has become available. You can control your Lego® Mindstorms NXT creations from a computer, or from your smartphone. In control from a few meters away, or from across the other side of the world, is a reality with the HumaRobotics WifiBlock. The WiFiBlock is [...]
ExoForce Off-Road Rover: Mark II
Here’s my ExoForce Wheeled Rover Mark II Chassis ready for the new Dexter Sensors.
Modifing ExoForce Wheels for Mindstorms
Using LEGO® ExoForce Devastator Wheels (160mm D. x 28mm) to go Off-road with your LEGO® Mindstorms NXT Robots is a great idea, but as they are, they are pretty useless for a robot. This is due to the mount arrangement of the wheels hub mounting points. As mentioned in my previous post, 'Using ExoForce Devastator [...]
New NXTBee Radio Modems for the NXT
A pair of NXTBee Radio Modems for use with my LEGO Mindstorms Robots, arrived late this afternoon from Dexter Industries in the United States. I've been waiting for a while for someone to develop such a NXT add-on for me to play with. They only where in transit to Tasmania for 8½ day from the [...]
Android Control for Lego NXT
If you are the owner of a LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT set and have an Android smartphone and you want to have some fun with your robots, now you have the possibility with MINDdroid – for free! Link to this post!
OpenSource Mindstorms!
Connie Kalcher Vice president, Customer Experience LEGO talks about open innovation, co-creation, lead users in relations to LEGO Mindstorms, LEGO Design By Me and LEGO Universe! Link to this post!
Rotacaster Omni-wheels Arrive
Christmas arrived early this year for me when the Postman knocked today with a package from Peter McKinnon containing a set of 4x 48mm Rotacasters with the Lego Axel adapters. At this stage these prototypes appear to have been worth every bit of development time they have taken up so far. The softer Durometer Type [...]
Solid Holonomic Platform Joiner
The Omnidirectional Holonomic Platform more commonly known as the Killough Platform was invented by Stephen Killough and Francois Pin at the Oak Ridge National Laboratories. It uses three specially designed wheel assemblies that can provide force along only one axis (with the rotation of the axle) and can move freely along the direction of the [...]
Tri-wheeled Omni-bot Update II
Peter McKinnon from Rotacaster pointed out from looking at my last update the I've managed not to take into account that for proper Rotacaster Omni-wheels action to work on myOmni-directional robot, the wheels have to always remain parallel to the ground. When the legs were raised & lowered independently, or together the wheels where never [...]
