Check this out!! This is a really good example of a robot playing instruments. From what I see it records what he drums and plays the beat back. How cool!!!
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Tilted Twister: A Rubik’s cube Solver!!!
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 by snowblader13 in NXT, ProjectsHere is a really good example of what you could do with one NXT Retail Set and no other parts or sensors needed. A Rubik’s Cube solver!!! It uses just the retail kit. It seems like a simple design but would be a complex program. The following is some specks on it:
- Scanning the cube: 1 minute
- Calculating a solution: 20 – 40 seconds
- Executing the moves: 1 – 5 minutes. Average 4.5 minutes (60 faceturns)
- Average total time: 6 minutes
Here is his website and a video of it in action.
http://tiltedtwister.com/index.html
(Edit) The Maker has added the LDD File and Program files on his site, so head on over there and build one for yourself.
Video added for Project Dozer
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 by snowblader13 in NewsI have finally got around to making the video for Dozer. It has been a while since I built this and I forgot how powerful it actually is. As you can see in the video it can shove around the large pile of bricks around with ease. It has a Little Bit of trouble driving over it because the plow is so heavy it tips forward a bit. Having the plow so heavy is a good thing because it helps scrape the ground and move alot of stuff around. There is also a couple of surprises in the video, I decided to try out how well the little Power Functions Tank I built, worked on all the legos. It did surprisingly well. I did not think the the new tracks would preform that well on legos but they worked great. The other little surprise is my dog made her first appearance in my videos.
New Project: Pipe Runner
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 by snowblader13 in News, NXT, Projects |
Pipe Runner
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Video: Robotic Claws
Friday, March 14th, 2008 by snowblader13 in NXT, ProjectsHere is a pair of Claws that I discovered on YouTube that I found very cool. These look like they work very well and are somewhat simple. I may try something like this for fun when I have one of mine taken apart.
–snowblader13
iPhone Gets LEGO Touch
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 by snowblader13 in NewsI thought this is really cool. I do not know how many of you out there actually have an iPhone, but this would be really neat to have on one. It’s kind of like LDD from the looks of it. Here is a little information on the program:
“LEGO-touch for the iPhone will allow users to build virtual LEGO creations using a large catalog of basic building blocks.”
“Using the iPhone’s multi-touch display, you can easily grab blocks and assemble them into just about any shape you can imagine. A slick user interface lets you easily zoom in and rotate your designs, and easily apply any color in the spectrum to each of your blocks”
Poll: Which Sensors are the best?
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 by snowblader13 in NXT, Projects
I was Thinking about getting some more sensors besides the ones that come with the set like the IR LINK, Compass, Accelerometer ECT. Which one do you like the best? So pick which one that you have, want , or would like the most. You can select up to two of them if you cannot make your mind up. Also if there is just one that you love so much You can just vote by replying.
Go over to the forum to vote on your two favorites.
Poll: Which Sensors are the best?
Here are the ones that I thought would be the most popular:
- Hi Technic IR LINK
- Hi Technic Compass Sensor
- Hi Technic Acceleration / Tilt Sensor
- Hi Technic Gyro Sensor
- Hi Technic Color Sensor
- Mindsensors Acceleration Sensor
- Mindsensors PS2 Interface
- Mindsensors Compass Sensor
- Mindsensors Infra Red Obstacle Detector
- Mindsensors RCX to NXT Communication
MINDSTORMS NXTLOG Camera Bot Winners
Monday, March 10th, 2008 by snowblader13 in Challenges, NewsLEGO has now Unveiled the winners of the NXTLOG building challenge:
Here Is The Link To the winners:
LEGO NXT EXOFORCE PATHFINDER
Sunday, March 9th, 2008 by snowblader13 in NXT, ProjectsI stumbled Across this video on YouTube and thought it was awesome. It uses a unique way of meshing the green wheels to the 40 tooth gears. from what you can see in the video it looks very strong and powerful.
Here is what he has to say about it:
“The interesting part of this robot is the use of the 8108 Exoforce kit’s large green wheels fitting perfectly between a set of large gears thus making it a very simple rather effective 4wd robot base. — Then at the front there is a ultra sonic sensor head that rotates right and left measuring the distance in front to determine which way it should go next If however it still detects an obstacle, it backs up a bit and re-does the scan. This is in hopes not be get stuck anywhere. I’m sure both the program and the robot could use multi design improvement — well that’s where you come in. Have fun making / improving your own version.”
Lego NXT Mars Rover & Lander – NXTLOG 5000 Winner!
Saturday, March 8th, 2008 by snowblader13 in Challenges, News, NXTHere is the video of the robot mezzauk the winner of NXTLOG 5000.
