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Preview of the MINDSTORMS EV3 Robots

EV3 January 7, 2013 13:20 no comments

Laurens over at Robot Square has created a nice list of some of the robots that are featured in the new sets, for both education and retail. You can check it out here: [LINK].
LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Announced

EV3, Ramblings January 7, 2013 09:50 11 comments

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW, LAS VEGAS (January 7, 2013) – Today The LEGO Group announced LEGO® MINDSTORMS EV3, a new platform for consumer robotics designed to introduce a younger generation to the excitement of building and programming robots while adding new flexibility for its devoted following of robotics enthusiasts. Unveiled for [...]
Legend of the world of NXT?

Ramblings November 27, 2012 08:34 3 comments

I don’t often post personal things on this blog, but this email totally made my day! Oh great and wise Xander legend of the world of NXT I have a older copy of RobotC and am looking for the v 2 Driver Suite and I humbly request your assistance The [...]
Bot Bench is coming to Prague

Ramblings November 22, 2012 09:57 2 comments

I’ve been invited to speak at the Cafe Neu Romance in Prague for the International Robotics Performance Festival. Steven Canvin and Mike Brandl will also be there to give presentations. There will be many other interesting speakers and demonstrations. You can find out a LOT more about this festival here: [...]
ROBOTC 3.54 available now!

ROBOTC November 4, 2012 08:31 9 comments

After a slight delay after my initial 3.1 Driver Suite release, ROBITC 3.54 is finally available! There have been so many changes and fixes to make ROBOTC even better than before. This version also includes version 3.1 of my driver suite. We’re currently working on collaborating even more with regards [...]
New from Dexter Industries: NXTChuck

Sensors October 16, 2012 18:57 no comments

I am sure you’ve seen the pictures of the Wii Nunchucks attached to the NXT before on the Internet. However, they either required a very specific Nunchuck to be used or some modifications on the device itself. Dexter Industries, together with Matthew Richardson have come up with a great new [...]
HCC Robotica: Open Day

Ramblings, Uncategorized October 2, 2012 10:36 no comments

If you’re in the Netherlands and you want to see loads of cool robots and talk to their creators then come to the HCC Robotica Open Day event in Hooglanderveen this coming Saturday, 6 October. I’m going to be taking some of my robots with me. So if you want [...]
ROBOTC 3.51 Update is Out!

ROBOTC September 22, 2012 06:44 2 comments

The ROBOTC development team have released a new version of ROBOTC 3.51 that addresses a number of issues that were present and reported by users in 3.50. Below is a list of changes that were made: Change joystick button commands to return a short to avoid “int == bool” comparison [...]
May the Force be With You: HiTechnic Force Sensor

Sensors September 11, 2012 07:35 6 comments

If to be able to sense the Force you want your robot, an excellent choice this HiTechnic Force Sensor is. Hmmmmm. .. Due to come out in early October, this little bad boy can measure the amount of force applied to an axle that presses into the axle receptacle (image [...]
ROBOTC 3.50 Now Available!

ROBOTC September 8, 2012 21:17 no comments

Woot! ROBOTC 3.5 is finally out! Below is a copy of the original article, which you can find here: [LINK]. Please note that the Driver Suite has not been updated yet to work flawlessly with this new version. I will update it in the coming weeks and add a whole [...]