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Posted by admin on October 16th, 2009 and filed under nxt mayan adventure | No Comments »

Design as described in the book “Lego Mindstorms NXT – The Mayan Adventure” by James Floyd Kelly

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LEGO WALL-E NXT revised

Posted by admin on October 16th, 2009 and filed under NXT Education | 25 Comments »

Wall-E – In honor of Disney latest Pixar Movie.

NXT – The next (or just the beginning) of Lego’s programmable brick technology. Lego has done an amazing job of allowing it’s technology to be fully ‘hacked’ Hardware as much as software wise. (uses 1 rechargeable pack or 6 AA batt) .

Lego Technic – Super well engineered Lego piece that allow you to designed anything you can imagine. It evolved from stud to studless similarly like the RCX evolved into the NXT yet all of it –ALL Lego– works together from the first piece 50 years ago to the latest Bionicle set.

Power Functions (PF) – Lego latest motor system for the Technic line. (uses 6 AA batt)

HiTechnic – A Lego certified third party sensor vendor, makers of the IRlink to name just one, allows the control of PF motors via the NXT.

Mindsensors – Yet another third party sensor vendor, first to develop the NXTServo module, allow for up to 8 RC hobby servos (like Futaba’s) to be controlled via only one NXT’s sensor port. (uses 4 AA batt).

NXT-G – The software designed by Labview that ships with the retail NXT kit.
my Wall-E NXT – just one example of combining all of these technologies into one well known cinema robo-hero.

SPECS: 1 NXT with rechargable pack, 3 Servo Motors, 4 PF motors, 2 IR receiver, 1 UltraSonic sensor, 1 sound sensor, 1 IRlink, 1 NXTservo module and 1 mini RC servo, 10 AA batteries and Lego from the Bulldozer #8275 and other parts from various technic sets, topped with over 100 hours of fun.

Again THANKYOU all for your support, comments and kind words. Remember you can always eMail me for any Lego related questions.

Marc-A
www.quelug.org

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LEGO Mindstorms NXT Hopper

Posted by admin on October 16th, 2009 and filed under nxt building instructions | 25 Comments »

3d-model built and animated in GoogleSketchup.

http://ricquin.net/lego/laurens

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NXT Combination Lock Box

Posted by admin on October 14th, 2009 and filed under nxt building instructions | 22 Comments »

This is the “Combination Lock Box” LEGO Mindstorms NXT project from www.nxtprograms.com. See free building instructions and downloadable programs at http://www.nxtprograms.com/lock_box/index.html

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NXT Dial Remote Control

Posted by admin on October 14th, 2009 and filed under nxt building instructions | 25 Comments »

This is the “Dial Remote Control” LEGO Mindstorms NXT project from www.nxtprograms.com. See free building instructions and downloadable programs at http://www.nxtprograms.com/dial_remote/index.html

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LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT SPC: The Self Parking Car

Posted by admin on October 14th, 2009 and filed under nxt programming | 5 Comments »

Chapter 8 from the book LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One Kit Wonders.

This chapter introduces building and programming instructions for a self parking car with a gearing system that allows steering and driving with the front wheels.

The creative minds behind the NXT Step blog (thenxtstep.com) are back with a brand new collection of innovative robots. LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One Kit Wonders is packed with building and programming instructions for ten exciting robots. The book dives headfirst into the creative thrill of robot-building with models like Grabbot, a robot that finds, grabs, lifts, and moves objects autonomously; Dragster, a super-fast drag racing vehicle; and The Hand, a simple robotic replacement hand to protect you from those dangerous cleanup jobs, like picking up your brother’s dirty gym socks. To further fire your imagination, you’ll also learn how to build a self-parking car model, an M&M sorter, a punchcard reading robot, a bike, and a realistic BobCat.

Step by step building instructions make it simple to construct even the most complex models while the detailed programming instructions teach you how a NXT program really works. All of the models in the book can be built with just the basic NXT Retail kit; there are no extra parts to locate or buy.

Armed with the knowledge you gain from this book, you’ll be inventing your own amazing creations in no time. LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One Kit Wonders is perfect for readers who have enjoyed the other books in the No Starch LEGO series as well as for builders who want to get starting creating right away. Appropriate for kids (10+), parents, educators, and LEGO fans of all ages.

http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-MINDSTORMS-NXT-One-Kit-Wonders/dp/1593271883/

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