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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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This robot is inspired by tarribas’s project. www.youtube.com LEGO Mindstorms NXT version of ballbot powered by nxtOSEK. lejos-osek.sourceforge.net NXT Ballbot Simulation with MATLAB/Simulink : www.youtube.com You can download NXT Ballbot Simulink models and documents describe the controller algorithm at www.mathworks.com Video Rating: 4 / 5

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Tetris-Bot is a Tetris-playing robot. Jay Leno would say “How lazy are we getting? Now robots play games for us!” Well, not exactly, but I agree, we are getting lazy. I made it in order to engage my kids in a fun and educational project. Tetris-Bot consists of a camera, a TI DM6437 DSP board [...]

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This robot demonstrates iPhone to Lego Robotics communication via the Safari web browser and the Lego NXT Light Sensor. Visit www.battlebricks.com for full building instructions. This robot draws portraits, elaborating photos and images. The software on the PC is developed under MATLAB®, following the ideas of Claude Baumann and his students at www.restena.lu (Erik’s XY [...]

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RoboFlush has one purpose, to flush a toilet. Using the Lego Mindstorms NXT Kit, with a motor, touch sensor for manual flushing, and the ultrasonic sensor for flush detection, RoboFlush removes the need to flush your own toilet. Check out www.battlebricks.com for instructions and more! Video Rating: 4 / 5

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At TEDxNASA, Dennis Hong introduces seven award-winnning, all-terrain robots — like the humanoid, soccer-playing DARwIn and the cliff-gripping CLIMBeR — all built by his team at RoMeLa, Virginia Tech. Watch to the end to hear the five creative secrets to his lab’s incredible technical success. Cool video… some great intro’s to some of these robots… [...]

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Sam Todo built this robot… apparently out of TV parts.  He calls it “SAM 10”. Regardless of what it was made from… it’s pretty impressive.

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