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  • Using a MacBook as tilting remote for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT

    Posted by admin on October 8th, 2009 and filed under NXT Education | 25 Comments »

    In this video we show how to use the gravity sensor of a Apple MacBook Pro in order to remote control a LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot. They connect via bluetooth, and the Interactive Geometry Software Cinderella.2 is used as controlling software. It reads the data from the gravity sensor of the MacBook, processes it and then controls the motors of the NXT robot accordingly.

    More info about Cinderella at http://cinderella.de, contact: kortenkamp@cinderella.de. Recorded at the University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany.

    Duration : 0:2:19


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    25 Responses

    1. Bambinist Says:

      jetzt sind 3 oben.. …
      jetzt sind 3 oben…. wie wärs ^^

    2. Kortenkamp Says:

      Nee, sind sie nicht …
      Nee, sind sie nicht. Sie wissen es nur manchmal nicht.

    3. Bambinist Says:

      Sie wissen doch, …
      Sie wissen doch, Studenten sind von Grund auf Faul ;-D

    4. Kortenkamp Says:

      kommen Sie doch …
      kommen Sie doch einfach rauf!

    5. Bambinist Says:

      Hey Herr Kortenkamp …
      Hey Herr Kortenkamp…

      Ich will das mal live sehen….
      kommen sie damit mal runter ins Studentencafe matrikühl??

    6. UweKeim Says:

      Mist, habe mein …
      Mist, habe mein altes leider schon anderweitig weitergegeben.

    7. Kortenkamp Says:

      Gerne… wenn mir …
      Gerne… wenn mir jemand ein iPhone schickt ;-)

    8. UweKeim Says:

      Und jetzt noch mit …
      Und jetzt noch mit dem iPhone, bitte :-)

    9. fallinSkater Says:

      LMFAO TRUE!!!
      LMFAO TRUE!!!

    10. Augmen1 Says:

      lol thats awesome!
      lol thats awesome!

    11. CyanideXCloud Says:

      [MAKE IT WII ...
      [MAKE IT WII CONTROLLED!]

    12. octubre1987 Says:

      The HD isn’t …
      The HD isn’t spinning all time so it doesn’t broke moving the Mac on this way. However this notebook have a sensor that stop the HD if the Mac falls or if you move it violenty…

    13. Affenking3600 Says:

      very good
      cool

      very good
      cool

    14. ibanez3434 Says:

      hope he has a solid …
      hope he has a solid state hard drive…

    15. alarmclock55 Says:

      i’d laught if he …
      i’d laught if he dropped the machbook and the robot did a backflip.

    16. eliottrobson123 Says:

      he should have a …
      he should have a camera on the front of the robot and view it on his macbook – see everyhere!

    17. eliottrobson123 Says:

      I have a phone …
      I have a phone which has tilt control but no robot :<

    18. Parax77 Says:

      Would be nice to …
      Would be nice to see someone do this with a phone… Apple or SE..

    19. Kortenkamp Says:

      Sure. Just drop me …
      Sure. Just drop me mail: kortenkamp at cinderella dot de.

    20. kariukigithua Says:

      im actually doing a …
      im actually doing a similar project is it possible to contact you because im have some glitches and dont know how to resolve them

    21. evilmunchkin366731 Says:

      what if he dropped …
      what if he dropped it and the nxt exploded lol

    22. serjen100 Says:

      i would laugh if he …
      i would laugh if he dropped his macbook

    23. KamilPs2 Says:

      Nice:D
      Nice:D

    24. Kortenkamp Says:

      yes, it does!
      yes, it does!

    25. pmd91302 Says:

      would the software …
      would the software work on OSX 10.4.11?

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