Brick Labs » animals http://brick-labs.com The Source for LEGO Robotics and Educational Materials Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:19:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 LEGO NXT Building Animals Ideas http://brick-labs.com/reviews/194/lego-nxt-building-animals-ideas/ http://brick-labs.com/reviews/194/lego-nxt-building-animals-ideas/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:13:08 +0000 Eric http://brick-labs.com/?p=194 Fay Rhodes has done some excellent work with both her books regarding building LEGO NXT Animals.
The first book, is the Zoo Book. You can buy it at Amazon.

Here is a Rabbit from the Zoo Book:

Next up, is another book from Fay Rhodes. Robots Alive! Endangered Species

Here is a frog from the Endangered Species book:

Both books are great. They are all built from LEGO NXT kits, with some extra parts. You can see the Endangered Species parts list (pdf download), and the Zoo Book parts list to see what other pieces you need.

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You often see people trying to mimic animals.  Especially in how they move.  I’ve seen robots that crawl, walk with 2 legs, walk with 4 legs, swim, slither and now… run.

Robert Full shared some ideas on TED way back in February 2005.  He shows some great research that was done in how certain critters can move so fast over such unstable mediums, such as screen, gravel, or vertically up a wall.

It’s definitely worth watching… maybe someone will create a running robot with some LEGO parts and some ideas from this video?  If you do, send me a link!  :)

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