Brick Labs

This 3D scanner is designed to scan a design made out of lego blocks. The results of the scan appear at aproximately 3:30. It scans by positioning its probe above the apropriate block, then reading how many times it is able to lower the probe before it is stopped by a block. The scanner outputs [...]

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Chapter 8 from the book LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One Kit Wonders. This chapter introduces building and programming instructions for a fully autonomous grabbing vehicle. What looks so simple in the video isn’t all that simple. How do you program a robot to find the closest object in range? How do you grab and lift it [...]

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Lego Mindstorms NXT ExoForce Devastator Robot conversion. All sensors and motors attached. Only minor modifications were necessary. www.squidoo.com A Container Crane from a single NXT set, designed to grab, hoist, move sideways, lower and release IKEA box containers. Video Rating: 4 / 5

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Fifth in the www.motocube.com line of Ball Lego Ball throwers, this one manages about 30ft. Sadly I don’t have a 30ft large room to test it in, so this is all you get. Video Rating: 4 / 5

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LEGO NXT color sorter using the HiTechnic Color Sensor that recognizes different colors. Video Rating: 4 / 5

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A fully automated/motorized theater inspired by the recent LEGO Pirates theme. A detailed “Behind The Scenes” movie will follow. Stay tuned (…or even better subscribe now)! Visit web.me.com for more pictures. The Pirates and the NXTfied Theater: – One Intelligent NXT Brick – One NXT Rechargeable Battery – Three NXT Servo Motors – One NXT [...]

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NXTway with a gyro sensor powered by nxtOSEK. lejos-osek.sourceforge.net NXTway-GS Simulation with MATLAB/Simulink : www.youtube.com You can download NXTway-GS Simulink models and documents describe the controller algorithm at www.mathworks.com

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