I came across a very cool Kickstarter project called “MinuteBot Base”. From what I gather from the project, it’s a 21×30 hole studless plate which you can use a stable base for your robot. I have no idea why LEGO didn’t come up with this themselves.
From their Kickstarter page:
The physical dimensions (L x W x H) of a MinuteBot Base are: 240 x 168 x 8 mm. The weight is estimated to be around 135g.
The material is ABS (maybe with some glass fiber added to increase stiffness).
The component is claret-colored. This makes the component stand out as a unique MinuteBot creation (we have checked with the people at LEGO and they are completely cool with the project).
This looks like a pretty cool project, really. I really hope they manage to pull this off.
I wonder why LEGO never thought about this? I am grateful and excited that you have the idea and are running for it. I pledged my ninety bucks and reall am anxious to see this project come to fruition. Fantastic, and I hope the other ideas come to be as well. You have me hooked!
Very cool. Just wrote to them to suggest this:
I could imagine having cross holes once each 4 or each 6 holes. Here’s the idea for each 4 holes (so you keep 3, 1, 3, 1 etc — copy to notepad for good scaling)
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Cool! I just put in my pledge for 4. Hope it gets funded.
I wish I had money to pledge 🙁 But this will be an awesome project anyway!
Michael
http://www.nxtgeek.blogspot.com
Thanks for your comments. The project moves on!
We just added some new pictures. Check out our project webpage now and follow up on updates 🙂
We want to make a new video. Any suggestions?
I would suggest making a video of how the minutebot base could be used with Lego Mindstorms:-) Just a suggestion!
to all those who liked the first idea
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