Jason "True Dimensions" Allemann built this motorized Theo Janssen-style strandbeest walking robot, but evoking a cool steampunk style! I love all the little details on the deck like the tiny...
Posted by John Baichtal | Tuesday June 18th, 2013 10:30 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, Robotics | 1 Comment
Team Antipodes, a FIRST robotics team consisting of Emma, Kjersti, and Violet of Terra Nova High School in Pacifica, CA, built this sweet magnetic levitation vehicle.
Posted by John Baichtal | Monday June 17th, 2013 9:30 AM
Categories: Education, Robotics | No Comments
Lego builder nxt1engineer created this binary clock. It uses rotating spindles to indicate the passage of time.
Posted by John Baichtal | Tuesday June 11th, 2013 10:30 AM
Categories: Fun & Games | 1 Comment
Simon "Burf" Burfield built a Lego wheelchair and now he's tackling a Lego Segway that supports the weight of an adult. His prototype can't self-balance, but does a great job...
Posted by John Baichtal | Thursday June 6th, 2013 3:00 PM
Categories: Fun & Games, Robotics | 1 Comment
Lego uberbuilders the Family Vuurzoon built this cool Lego Mindstorms game, the Chinese Dragon’s Pearl, which has players attempt to solve a code to get a “pearl” — even better,...
Posted by John Baichtal | Wednesday May 29th, 2013 8:45 AM
Categories: Robotics, Fun & Games | 1 Comment
Thirty-two builders took 5.3m LEGO bricks and 17,000 hours to assemble this X-wing starfighter, unveiled yesterday in NYC's Times Square. It will be on view there for a few more...
Posted by Nick Normal | Friday May 24th, 2013 10:45 AM
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Italian maker and sound producer Giuseppe Acito returns with his robot percussion band by combining LEGO Bionicle bots, Arduino Uno, and an iPad MIDI sequencer app.
Posted by Nick Normal | Thursday May 23rd, 2013 10:55 AM
Categories: Arduino, Electronics | No Comments
Pierre Villeneuve attached five hobby servos to a Lego model, controlled with a motor control board board and a RasPi. This is a nice way of controlling a Lego robot...
Posted by John Baichtal | Tuesday May 21st, 2013 10:46 AM
Categories: Robotics, Raspberry Pi | No Comments
Polish Lego builder piotrek839 built this sick robot arm that packs some pretty impressive functionality. It’s remote controlled and uses a whopping 12 Power Functions motors and linear actuators to...
Posted by John Baichtal | Thursday May 16th, 2013 2:00 PM
Lego builder James Pegrum explores Britain’s elite codebreaking facility in brick form! 1944AD 1st June, Bletchley Park, England. The improved Colossus Mark 2 starts working in time for the Normandy...
Posted by John Baichtal | Wednesday May 15th, 2013 9:30 AM
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Smithsonian Magazine has a great piece about Lego’s influence on future engineers via its MIndstorms robotics set, and kids’ exposure to basic engineering principles while participating in First Lego League...
Posted by John Baichtal | Sunday May 12th, 2013 12:11 PM
Categories: Robotics, Education | No Comments
Lego robotics engineer Akiyuki is rightly famed for his amazing Great Ball Contraptions (GBCs), including this sick 17-module arrangement he has in his home. One of his latest modules is...
Posted by John Baichtal | Friday May 3rd, 2013 8:09 AM
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