Archive for February, 2008

How to Take Good Photos of LEGOs

Friday, February 15th, 2008 by ro1000 in News, Projects

nxtprograms.com has a nice tutorial on how to take good quality photos. This is always the hardest part of our creations. The tutorial is very simple and easy to understand.

Read it here:

http://www.nxtprograms.com/help/photos/index.html.

New Contributer: Airkraft

Thursday, February 14th, 2008 by Airkraft in News

 

Hello, I’m Airkraft. Andrew has invited me to become a contributor to NXTCentral, and I am looking forward to posting many-a-topic here.

I am a recent Mindstormer, but a life long Lego lover (try saying that 10 times). I enjoy helping people with programming, or building, or anything Lego and computer related. About a year ago I created my most famous project to date: The NXT Rover. Since Then I have created many new robots, and there are more to come in 2008

I Also have a website, blog and forum, bu they can be found at:
http://www.airkraft-nxt.webs.com
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I Can’t Wait To Get Posting on NXTCentral Thanks Andrew For The Invite.

-Airkraft

New Contributor! Ro1000

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 by ro1000 in News

Hi! I’m a new contributor on nxtcentral.com, and I’m looking forward to posting more about NXT and Lego! I’ve been using RCXs for several years, and I got a NXT about a year or two ago. I can program pretty fluently in NXT-G, and can also do some NQC and NXC. I don’t have any experience with RobotC yet, though. Hope to help bring news and cool projects to you guys!

-Ro1000 (aka. Robomaster)

How Do You Organize?

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 by snowblader13 in NXT, News, Projects, Technic

I know that this is a very common topic, but I decided to post how I do it. There are many places that are out there that describe different ways how to go about this…

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Video Added to NXT Quad Crawler

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 by snowblader13 in NXT, Projects

I have just added the video to NXT Quad Crawler. I hope to have the videos to most of my other creations by the end on the month or early Next month.

Here is the Video for NXT Quad Crawler.

New Project – NXT Quad Crawler

Thursday, February 7th, 2008 by snowblader13 in NXT, Projects
NXT Quad Crawler

NXT Quad Crawler

I had originally built a Power Functions Version but I had to use the Power Functions parts for another creation, so I incorporated NXT… Read More

(edit) Added Base for LDD 

New Project – Power Functions Quad Crawler

Monday, February 4th, 2008 by snowblader13 in Power Functions, Projects
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Power Functions Quad Crawler

I wanted to build something that used the Power Functions as the control motors. I already had the main… Read More

MINDSTORMS NXT Camera Bot Challenge

Friday, February 1st, 2008 by snowblader13 in Challenges, News

Camera Bot Challenge

Now that the January Challenge is over they now have a new challenge out. The challenge is to build a robot that can take still photos. So get your Cameras out and get building. The challenge runs from February 1st through February 29th.

Here is the Information from the Lego Site:

“The MINDSTORMS NXT Camera Bot Building Challenge is asking you to create the NXT spy bot, paparazzi bot, photojournalist bot, or even a robotic fashion photographer.

We are looking for robots that can take still photos (not video), and we want you to also share the pictures taken from your robot’s point of view.

There’s no limit on amount of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT sensors, motors, NXT programmable bricks, HiTechnic sensors, or Bluetooth communication you can use on your MINDSTORMS NXT Camera Bot.”

Get the Rest of the Rules Here

Please feel free to post any questions, comments, or if you need help with The Camera Bot Challenge at the Forum. Click Below:

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