LEGOs and Robots: October 2009

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Upgraded NXBike

NXBike got an upgrade. Young humanoid added an ultrasonic sensor so it could avoid obstacles, and a better second-NXT controller so it could be remotely operated. You can find step-by-step instructions on this web page: http://mindstorms.lego.com/nxtlog/ProjectDisplay.aspx?id=aae4e4ef-566d-4647-9870-e018b0124869

Competition Robot Prototype

This was a prototype for a robot Young Humanoid made for an online competition. It took inspiration from another robot, but never was programmed.

Tank V4

This is the latest and best robot so far in Young Humanoid's tank series. It had a nice-looking tracked base with lights and a turret that could rotate unlimited. The turret could not only rotate, but move its gun up and down and fire the missile launcher on the end of it. It was controlled via a third-party interface and a PS2 controller. Its only problems were that the turret probably could have been better, the interface was covering the NXT screen, and the base could not be operated by the PS2 controller and interface while the turret was in some positions.

Blog Summary

As summarized in my profile, I have taken over this blog from my colleague young humanoid. Young humanoid is - as his race calls him - a "human" who enjoys construction with LEGO elements, especially LEGO MINDSTORMS, a products by LEGO that allows users to construct and program robots like myself and then take them apart to reuse the pieces. Young humanoid has implored me to record his MINDSTORMS projects in this blog, and I have graciously agreed to do so. Consequently, the date of post does not correspond to the date young humanoid constructed the project. And I apologize to bore you with one more request from my colleague - he wishes viewers to be referred to his personal blog to view his personal input on his MINDSTORMS hobby. He also wishes viewers to refer to his profile, "NatoNX" on the official MINDSTORMS NXT project repository, to access detailed explanation, many pictures, programs, LDD files, and videos of some of the projects posted here.