Category: Robotics
FIRST Lego League 2017/2018: Theme Hydrodynamics – All about Water
The FIRST Lego League (FLL) fever is on again! This year’s theme is titled Hydrodynamics: it’s about water — how we find it, how we…
FIRST Lego League – 2015 TRASH TREK Challenge
This year’s FLL challenge is all about cleaning up! A great way to make young innovators aware of this massive environmental reality and motivate them…
FIRST Lego League 2014 – FLL WORLD CLASS Challenge
From the FLL website: What is the future of learning? FIRST® LEGO® League teams will find the answers. In the 2014 FLL WORLD CLASS℠…
FIRST Lego League 2011: Food Factor Challenge – Keeping Food Safe
The theme for FLL 2011 is Food Factor; details of the challenge for the tournament will be released on the 2nd of September, says the…
Google Car That Drives Itself
I had posted these “futuristic” thoughts a while ago. But looking at this NY Times article about Google cars that drive themselves, it appears that…
Why Schools Should Have A Robotics Team
An interesting presentation – How FIRST Robotics can influence students and play a critical role in reshaping school education. blip.tv video link
FIRST Lego League 2009: 14,725 teams from 56 countries
Over 140,000 children are participating in this year’s FIRST Lego League (FLL) tournament, comprising 14,725 teams from 56 countries. That’s almost a 14% growth over…
The FIRST Vision: For Science, Technology and Kids
First things first…. What is FIRST? FIRST stands for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. Here are some quotes and pictures from the…
A Remote-Controlled Ball? It's A Spherical-Robot Based On Mindstorms NXT
Here is an interesting creation using Mindstorms NXT, a Rolling-Orbital-Bluetooth-Operating-Thing (ROBOT) as its creator calls it. Spherical Robot 02 (YouTube) This project uses two NXT…
A Wii-like Robot Controller Using Lego Mindstorms Sensors
I found this cool video demonstrating how to build a Wii-like remote control using Mindstorms NXT sensors. This project uses the compass and acceleration sensors…
Lego Constructopedia – A Gears And Pulleys Quiz
New to Lego? Curious about gears, pulleys and stuff? The Lego Constructopedia has cool graphics that illustrate how you can use gears and pulleys to…
Mindstorms NXT – Meet The Robots
These are some of the robots that you can build with the NXT kit. The Humanoid – Alpha Rex Alpha Rex is very sophisticated. He…
Lego Mindstorms NXT – The Touch Sensor
[This post is part of the article Robotics With Lego Mindstorms.] Robotic Feeler Imagine that you are blindfolded and had to feel your way around…
Article: Robotics With Lego Mindstorms
This is a collection of all my current posts on this topic. Robotics Is Child’s Play With Lego Mindstorms Lego Mindstorms NXT – An Overview…
Lego Mindstorms NXT – An Overview
[Continued from Robotics Is Child’s Play With Lego Mindstorms.] This is AlphaRex, a humanoid built using the Mindstorms NXT kit. This is among the many…
Robotics Is Child's Play with Lego Mindstorms
For several years now, Lego has thrilled and inspired many kids, hobbyists and students with its Mindstorms Robotics Kit. Lego introduced the RIS kit in…
FIRST Lego League 2008 Registration Now Open
The theme for the FLL 2008 is Climate Connections. Following are excerpts from the official FLL site. What is FIRST LEGO League? FLL is a…