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LEGO: Maybe not as tough as we thought

July 12th, 2008 by Mini_Man176

Maybe some LEGO parts are not as tough as we thought they were. For example, when I was messing around with tribot, trying to make it go as fast as possible, this part simply split in half!

Broken part

NXTLOG Earth day building challenge

April 3rd, 2008 by Mini_Man176

I’ve just noticed that NXTLOG have upgraded to NXTLOG 2.0 (which you can post videos on) and they’ve come up with a new building challenge; the Earth day building challenge.

Earth day building challenge

Obviously, you will have to come up with a robot that helps the planet in some way. It will be interesting to see what kind of robots people will come up with for this challenge.

Still working on that LDD file and program for Lonesome George!

“Lonesome George”, a turtle robot

March 31st, 2008 by Mini_Man176

Hi guys, I’m a new contributor and for my first post I’m going to post my latest project, “Lonesome George”. It’s named after a turtle on the Galapagos Islands. Lonesome George drives (not walks) forwards and backwards (but it doesn’t turn). Its shell is made of cardboard but it’s still entirely LEGO because the box is made by LEGO! When it sees something it will go into its shell and pull the ultrasonic sensor down.

Lonesome George

I will post a program and LDD file soon.

Mini_Man176