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LEGO: Maybe not as tough as we thought

Mini_Man176 — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:08:37 +0000

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!

NXTCentral Challenge #1 Results

snowblader13 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:24:56 +0000

Challenge #1 Pull That Weight
NXTCentral’s first challenge is now over!!! We sadly only had 3 entries for the challenge. Here are the rules for challenge #1:

I am challenging all builders to pull as much weight as you possibly can. This will test your creativity to build a robot that not only can pull a bunch of weight, but that looks like something that can actually pull it. Will it be like a tug boat, or a Locomotive? There is no limit on the amount of weight that you can pull. You must pull the weight 10 feet in the lowest amount of time.

The following are the people and their Robots who entered

mini_man176 – The Tractor
NXTMonger – TugBot II
Snowblader13 – Loco the Puller

And the winner of NXTCentral Challenge #1 is:

NXTMonger With his TugBot II, He was able to pull 10.3 Pounds in 1 Minute 21 Seconds!!! Here is a pictures and video of his Bot:

Snowblader13 came in 2nd with 8 pounds pulled in 4 Minutes 15 Seconds. Here is a pictures and video of his Bot:

Mini_Man 176 came in 3rd pulling 3.3 pounds in 5 Minutes 36 Seconds. Here is a pictures of his Bot:

Please let me know if you have any more questions or want o see more photos about the robots.

NXTLOG Earth day building challenge

Mini_Man176 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:44:15 +0000

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.

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

Mini_Man176 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:48:40 +0000

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.

I will post a program and LDD file soon.

Mini_Man176