He created one of the first Rubik’s Cube solving LEGO bots, and even used Mindstorms to tackle Sudoku puzzles. And while Hans Andersson’s latest LEGO marvel — a digital clock called the Time Twister — may be a little mundane, it’s certainly no less impressive. More »
After watching several tantalising videos of Mindstorms robots being powered by Android phones, it’ll bring you great delight to hear that you can create a similar setup at home with the free Mindstorms NXT app. More »
Unless, of course, you happen to be the current world record holder, who can solve a cube in under 20 seconds. This Lego Mindstorms ‘bot was built by ARM, and managed to solve the cube in 25 seconds flat. More »
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. A courier just arrived at the office with a Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 kit for me to play with. My weekend is now a write-off. More »
First of all, this whole motorised Lego theatre set up is legit. Skip to about 2:30 for a behind-the-scenes look at how it all works. Second of all, this is absolutely amazing.
Reader Chris was so inspired by the clip of the ABB Flexpicker robot we posted back in March last year that he did what any self-respecting only a special breed of geek would do – he built his own out of Lego. More »
We got a look at the new Mindstorms NXT robotics kits from Lego. And a new sensor for the 2.0 version can, amazingly, detect the difference between colours. Cool.
