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Lego Mindstorms NXT slot machine

Eric — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:13:46 +0000

A 3-reel slot machine accepting 20 cent euro coins with 1 bonus reel. The bonus reel gets activated when you have 3 red sevens, 3 blue sevens or 3 white sevens.
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Faster Lego Mindstorms NXT T-Shirt Folding Machine

Eric — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:13:29 +0000

I removed the delays between each stage in the sequence and now the machine is faster than it was before.
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Lego Mindstorms NXT T-Shirt Folding Machine

Eric — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:38:34 +0000

My Lego Mindstorms NXT T-Shirt Machine. It is based on the following videos: www.youtube.com www.youtube.com I put one-second delays between each stage of the folding sequence. In reality, the robot can do it much faster than seen here if I remove the delays. My roommates and I actually just fold our T-shirts without the NXT attached. The NXT integration was just to show that T-shirt folding can be partially automated. The faster version: www.youtube.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Lego RCX Minifig Slot Machine

Eric — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:27:05 +0000

Fully operational Mindstorms Slot Machine with hold feature. Uses Minifigs as symbols and Dacta 7′s as the Jackpot. Accepts Pachinko tokens and pays out winning combinations automatically.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Lego Mindstorms NXT Brick Sorter 8527

Eric — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:48:11 +0000

This brick sorting robot can be made from the NXT retail kit.
I have made building instructions for it as well.
Please go to my website for building instructions.
http://www.freewebs.com/laurens200/

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LEGO Mindstorms NXT scanbot

Eric — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:48:04 +0000

This is a LEGO machine that performs a scan of a black and white image. It puts the scanned picture on the NXT display.

Designed, built and programmed by Jonathan Daudelin.

Building and programming instructions for this robot can be found in ‘the NXT Idea book’.

http://www.thenxtstep.blogspot.com

Search Amazon.com or google to buy this book.
Within the Netherlands you can order it at:
http://www.postorderboekhandel.nl/object/9781593271503/

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Teaching Machine Learning to Design Students

Eric — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:40:28 +0000

Machine learning is a key technology to design and create intelligent systems, products, and related services. Like many other design departments, we are faced with the challenge to teach machine learning to design students, who often do not have an inherent affinity towards technology. We successfully used the Embodied Intelligence method to teach machine learning to our students. By embodying the learning system into the Lego Mindstorm NXT platform we provide the student with a tangible tool to understand and interact with a learning system. The resulting behavior of the tangible machines in combination with the positive associations with the Lego system motivated all the students. The students with less technology affinity successfully completed the course, while the students with more technology affinity excelled towards solving advanced problems. We believe that our experiences may inform and guide other teachers that intend to teach machine learning, or other computer science related topics, to design students.

For more information see http://www.bartneck.de/publications/2008/teachingMachineLearning/index.html

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First Look Reviews: Lego Mindstorm NXT 2.0

Eric — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:40:20 +0000

Lego has announced it’s updating its Lego Mindstorms kit with an updated and some would say simplified version of the hugely successful range.

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