By Coleman Benson & filed under Robotics Projects & Kits, Where to Start.
Robot Construction Kits can be distinguished from normal robot kits since they use modular parts and allow you to assemble different robots using the same parts. A robot kit on the other hand only allows you to build one robot. Robot construction kits are a great investment because they tend […]
By Coleman Benson & filed under Entertainment, Robotics Projects & Kits.
We’re always curious what our customers do with the parts they purchased. Dimitri Dekyvere was kind enough to share a video of the versatile LEGO robot he created using the new EV3 construction system along with LEGO compatible Mecanum wheels. The M3CANUM DOG is a very compact, 4WD Mecanum driven […]
By Carlos Asmat & filed under Cloud Robotics, Robotics Projects & Kits.
Skynet is slowly becoming a reality. A Google researcher suggests that the future of robotics is in cloud-computing. This means that robots could offload their more complex tasks to remote servers that could do the heavy computations. It also means that robots could instantly learn new skills when confronted with a new situation by downloading new […]
By Vincent Abry & filed under Prototypes.
It will have taken one year, 4 people and 30 000 dollars worth of LEGO to achieve this giant robotic chess game. 100 000 LEGO and NXT pieces have been used here to carry out this project. The giant chessboard measures about 16 m2, or 4 meters by 4 meters. […]
By Vincent Abry & filed under Prototypes.
How do you say hello with a customized LEGO robot? It’s what this B3ta forum user has done. Built from scratch, the DIY Lego printer has been connected to an Apple Mac. The creator wishes to clarify that this has nothing to do with Mindstorms and that he built it […]
By Vincent Abry & filed under Uncategorized.
You’ll be surprised to learn that Twitter can even give instructions to a robot! The idea: users type specific commands on Twitter to the @n900niko account, for example of a computer, which are sent to a hacked Nokia N900 which retransmits the instructions to the LEGO Mindstorms robot. Nokia can […]
By Vincent Abry & filed under Uncategorized.
Robo-Rex is an invention from Alyse and Remi who shared their photos on Flickr. This is a robot dinosaur made of LEGOs. Their prototype was based on that superb futuristic German advertising from 2008, for the Saturn brand: Other photos: via Flickr and technabob
By Vincent Abry & filed under Uncategorized.
Here is a Segway robot built using the Lego NXT 2.0. kit. Awesome! It stands on two wheels just like the real Segway PT. The operating principle is based on the intensity of the light sensor that depends on the inclination angle of the robot, which varies depending on whether […]
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