Post Tagged with: "Mindstorms"

  • Building Robots At Schuberg Philis

    Building Robots At Schuberg Philis

    Ramblings May 13, 2012 07:31 3 comments

    Yesterday, the hosting company Schuberg Philis organised a LEGO day at its offices for all the employees and, of course, the kids. It was split into two parts, downstairs they had prepared a large auditorium with big tables full of LEGO for the younger kids and upstairs we had the [...]

     
  • ROBOTC For Arduino is Out Now!

    ROBOTC For Arduino is Out Now!

    ROBOTC May 11, 2012 21:41 12 comments

    You can now download version 3.12 of ROBOTC which also supports the Arduino, in addition to the already existing platforms such as NXT and Cortex!  This is a beta release, and if you install it, it will replace whatever version you already have. I’ve never had major issues with betas [...]

     
  • Come play with Laurens…

    Come play with Laurens…

    Robots May 4, 2012 13:27 no comments

    ‘s robot! Yes, that’s right, you can reach out and play with Laurens’ Alpha Rex over the Big Interwebs!  He made a cool looking web interface for it and allows you check out what it’s doing via a webcam! I did something similar a while back but not nearly as [...]

     
  • HispaBrick Magazine 013 is now available

    HispaBrick Magazine 013 is now available

    Ramblings April 3, 2012 08:46 no comments

    This installment of HispaBrick has a whopping 96 pages!  I’m not going to mention all of the contents here, of course.  Some of the highlights include: An interview with Jørgen Vig Knudstorp (LEGO’s CEO) Part 1 of a LEGO Pneumatics tutorial by none other than Kevin Clague An article by [...]

     
  • Help fund the production of a new sensor: NXT2WIFI

    Help fund the production of a new sensor: NXT2WIFI

    Sensors March 28, 2012 06:00 1 comment

    Daniele Benedettelli is looking for help, your help!  He has developed a new WiFi sensor for the NXT called the NXT2WIFI. So what is the NXT2WIFI?  Obviously it’s a WiFi sensor for the NXT it’s a bit more than that.  It also has a web server built into it that [...]

     
  • HumaRobotics WiFiBlock

    HumaRobotics WiFiBlock

    Sensors March 27, 2012 17:16 1 comment

    New Kid on the WiFiBlock A new player has entered the arena of WiFi sensors.  A French company by the name of HumaRobotics has developed a new WiFI sensor for the NXT, the WiFiBlock.  This sensor is a bit different from existing sensors in that it uses I2C, not RS485 [...]

     
  • WiFi Week 2 at Dexter Industries

    WiFi Week 2 at Dexter Industries

    Sensors March 22, 2012 17:00 no comments

    Dexter Industries has started another WiFi Week!  Exciting projects will be unveiled each day, just like the last WiFi week a little while back. Cool projects that have been published so far as part of WiFi Week 2: Pachube with LEGO™ MINDSTORMS™ NXT – Connect and display your sensor data [...]

     
  • Coming Soon from Mindsensors: GlideWheel

    Coming Soon from Mindsensors: GlideWheel

    Sensors March 22, 2012 09:04 3 comments

    Do you like Power Function motors but hate the way you can’t use them with any degree of accuracy?  You love how compact they are but are not impressed with how many extension cables and converters you need to use them? Well, soon, most, if not all, your reasons to [...]

     
  • ROBOTC 3.08 Changelog

    ROBOTC 3.08 Changelog

    Uncategorized March 8, 2012 22:26 11 comments

    This is the preliminary final Changelog for ROBOTC 3.08.  Please note that an official one will probably appear later today or tomorrow on the ROBOTC website. The artist formerly known as 3.06 is now known as 3.08.  Apparently there was a bit of a mix-up internally with version numbers.  Carry on. Update: Small [...]

     
  • ROBOTC 3.08 available for download now

    ROBOTC 3.08 available for download now

    ROBOTC March 8, 2012 08:47 1 comment

    Just a quick post to let you know that ROBOTC 3.06 is available for download now.  You can pick up here: [LINK]. No Changelog has been released yet, but I’ll post it as soon as I get it.  The one thing I do know that has been added is support [...]