http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7781 <pre>There is a great project for creating a technic/MINDSTORMS baseplate on Kickstarter that could be a great classroom or hobbydesk testbase as well as provide a sturdy base (or side) for many Robotics projects. Have a look at the &lt;http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/37801615/minutebot-base MinuteBot Base website&gt; to see what it is all about. &lt;&lt;http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb442/SEQINETIC/MinuteBot/MinuteBase_partview2.png&gt;&gt; </pre> Jetro de Chateau 2012-05-14T19:23:24 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7780 <pre>I bought a rechargeable battery for my NXT and was very happy with it. However, I have ended up not using the NXT for some months and the rechargeable battery was left in the NXT. This weekend, I went to recharge the battery, it has been on the charger for two days now and the battery is still flat. The green light comes on on the battery indicating that it is charging. Any ideas what the problem is, and what I can do to get the battery to recharge? </pre> Frances Schroeter 2012-05-14T10:09:47 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7778 <pre>Hi all. I don't know how many people around here have heard of the Raspberry Pi, but I saw that someone is working on a Lego compatible case for it. The Raspberry Pi is a computer on a chip that is really cheap. This would seem to be an inexpensive way to add a lot more computing power to a Lego robotics project. Raspberry Pi: http://www.raspberrypi.org/ Berry Box - Discussion: http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/projects-and-collaboration-general/berry-box-the-transparent-case/ Berry Box - WeFund: http://www.wefund.com/project/berry-box </pre> Jeff Findley 2012-04-12T12:26:26 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7776 <pre>Check out this life-size LEGO arm and hand. It's pretty amazing. http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669072/watch-a-working-robot-hand-made-from-legos </pre> Jordan Bradford 2012-02-23T22:15:21 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7775 <pre> The first UNESCO-certified festival in the country, Kurukshetra of College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, is to be held from February 1 to 4, 2012. Epitomizing its very tagline, “the battle of the brains”, Kurukshetra has been the culmination of unmatched excellence and it aims to identify the best talents across various countries. Do you think you have the talent? Then what are you waiting for? Come, compete and conquer!!! Events Galore at Kurukshetra 2012: OPC Debugging K!Millionaire Chaos Theory Poseidron Math Modelling Cerebra Peepli Live Electrowarriors Aero Modelling K!Idol Alcatraz Innovate Fox Hunt Rumble in the Junk Robowars And many more, check out http://krk.org.in/1event for details!!! Workshops &lt; at &gt; Kurukshetra 2012 Scalable Vector Graphics Learn Organize Lead Auto Anatomy Caricature Astrophotography Autobotics Self-balancing bots For further details, Visit http://krk.org.in/1wrps Guest Lectures Want to hear the “Father of Wifi” Vic Hayes talk on “Innovation Journey of Wif</pre> hasini 2012-01-22T10:59:42 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7774 <pre> This is a robotics workshop and deals with the design, calibration of a line-tracer robot. It also meets the following specification match: wall tracing, line tracing and edge detection. (It’s basically a lower end robotics workshop when compared to Self-Balancing Robot.). The workshop is done by a partnering group called MBS Group. The link of Autobotics is as follows: http://krk.org.in/1autobot </pre> hasini 2012-01-15T15:35:02 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7773 <pre> The most advanced automatic locomotive robot (2 wheeled self balancing electric machine) that operates with a high precision sensor called the ‘Gyroscope’. It involves in design, construction, programming, demo of the Self-balancing Robot followed by hands-on. As it’s the 1st of its kind in history of k! The link of Self-Balancing Robot is as follows: http://krk.org.in/1selfbots </pre> hasini 2012-01-15T15:34:17 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7771 <pre> K!onstructor-Kurukshetra 2012, CEG Tired of playing the same boring video games? Well, here is a live one with sweeeett prize money! For the first time in Kurukshetra, the techno-management fest of College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, we introduce a semi-autonomous robotic event. The manual bot has to pick and place objects on the autonomous bot which will trace the path to the deposit point. Main criteria for judging: Ingenuity and Creativity. Deadline:January 15th 2012 For more details follow the below link : http://kurukshetra.org.in/2012/#!/Events/Robotics/Konstructor.k </pre> anupamakannan 2011-12-20T15:39:43 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7770 <pre> Hey all! Tired of playing the video games on your phones or tablets? When G-one could get a chance to live, the Angry Birds deserve one too! We here at Kurukshetra give mechanical life to these best selling creatures to pump the same gaming adrenaline in a robotics event. Be a part of the first EVER robotic version of Angry Birds ! Total Prize money : INR 35,000 Learn more &lt; at &gt; http://kurukshetra.org.in/2012/#!/Events/Robotics/Angry-Bots.k </pre> hasini 2011-12-20T12:46:26 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7769 <pre> Designer’s Quest is the robotic event of Kurukshetra, CEG, Anna University.This is a one of a kind robotics event for the those who dare to be creators. 'Designer's Quest' is not about heated confrontations between bots. Not many rigorous requirements for you to fulfil.Here innovation and aesthetics take the upper hand. Enjoy the ride and let your creativity run wild! Come up with your own design and indulge your fantasies. See your creation come ALIVE....!!!The final destination awaits the fittest in mind. "Innovation distinguishes a leader from a follower" -Steve Jobs Which one are you? Total Prize money : INR 30,000 Deadline: 5th JAN 2012 Problem Statements are up!!!!!!!!!! For further details visit:http://kurukshetra.org.in/2012/#!/Events/Robotics/DQ.k ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tags: if the site asks for tags.. Use these ke</pre> hasini 2011-12-20T12:45:48 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7766 <pre>I want to thank everyone who participated in this year's SMART display at BrickCon. It was absolutely amazing! We couldn't have done it without everyone's help. Every element was crucial, and worked amazingly! Named "BallMageddon" because either it was going to be a catastrophic failure, or a spectacular exhibit that everyone who saw it would remember for a LONG time! I'm very pleased to say it was the latter! Here's who contributed: Gus designed the display and an amazing 'wave' that carried the balls in front of the display. Kyle built the final lift that brought the balls into the display, as well as the sorter that took the balls coming out of the display, and returned them to their proper bins. Andrew built the "rainbow stairs", one of the two most commented on parts of the display, which took the balls coming out of the display and gave them their initial lift to get them rolling towards their destination. Sean built a wonderful ball escalator that took the balls from near ground-level and got the</pre> David Schilling 2011-10-12T01:07:11 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7765 <pre>Hi all, those who would like to follow our new project, please go to www.convict.lu/Jeunes/RoboticsIntro.htm and follow the "Casemates project blog". The idea is to design and program a robot that can navigate through the casemates, which are sorts of caverns beneath the city of Luxembourg, left behind by old military occupants (French -Vauban 17th century-, for instance). As our boarding institution is built upon an old vestige of a fortress, we still have an access to some casemates that have never been explored. In this project, we will combine metallic Tetrix and LEGO Mindstorms parts, as a very robust construction is needed to overcome the difficult topography. (Note that Tetrix robots may be Mindstorms-controlled and is compatible with the geometry of the LEGO parts.) http://www.tetrixrobotics.com/ http://news.legoeducation.us/Newsroom/Item.aspx?art=2752 (Also note that the blog is entitled "Boulette Institute of Technology", a funny student usurpation of the great East-coast institute's name. To</pre> Claude Baumann 2011-10-11T09:13:31 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7764 <pre> Hi all, I came across Philippe Hurbain's excellent website sometime ago. On the Motor Internals page, there is a link that points to Ryo Watanabe's page containing information on NXT motor parameters. On that page, the torque constant (Kt) and back-EMF constant (Kb) have rather different values. In theory, they are supposed to be numerically identical when using SI units. Naturally, some level of empirical error is expected when data is derived experimentally. However, the discrepancy between the two values is large enough for one to question the validity of the data used for deriving the motor constants. http://web.mac.com/ryo_watanabe/iWeb/Ryo%27s%20Holiday/NXT%20Motor.html http://web.mac.com/ryo_watanabe/iWeb/Ryo%27s%20Holiday/NXT%20Motor.html I've emailed Prof Watanabe a couple of times already without getting a reply. Could anyone shed some light on this, please? Thanks. Cheers Hippie </pre> Hippicurean 2011-06-12T15:38:55 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7761 <pre>[LEGO Group and X PRIZE Foundation Announce MoonBots 2.0 Challenge]¬ Published on May 25, 2011¬ By Andy Choi The MoonBots 2.0: A Google Lunar X Prize LEGO MINDSTORMS Challenge has been announced by the LEGO Group and the X PRIZE Foundation. This contest is being conducted for the second time, mainly for challenging the youth to create, program and build robots which would execute simulated lunar missions resembling closely the teams which would take part in the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE private race to the Moon for commercially exploring space. They have taken on WIRED magazine as a partner along with FIRST Robotics for designing a competition which would enable students and their families to gain knowledge about robotics, the Moon and also team building. According to Chanda Gonzales, the Education Manager in Google Lunar X PRIZE, during the course of this challenge, participants would be able to create videos, learn about the most recent technological advances and also acquire computer programmi</pre> Abner 2011-05-26T12:06:03 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7760 <pre>Hi, "Serendipity", a LEGO robotic boat, was launched on April 28th, 2011. It was able to autonomously cross the Lac de la Haute-Sûre in Luxembourg, traveling 800m within 40 minutes. The boat started from Lultzhausen; it reached two waypoints in the middle of the lake and the final point near Liefrange. The travel was accompanied by a safety team in a motorized boat. The boat has been developed by a high-school student team from April 2010 to April 2011. It is made of LEGO material and additional film, Styrofoam and plastics to protect the electronics parts from water. Besides the HiTechnic compass sensor, Serendipity has an NXT-compatible GPS module that has been realized by the team. The NXT programs have been written in LabVIEW Education Edition. A very exciting project. Development journal: http://www.convict.lu/htm/rob/GPS.htm Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NptlaZd-54k -Claude Baumann </pre> Claude Baumann 2011-04-30T14:28:39 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7759 <pre>Hispabrick Magazine 010 is ready for download from our website http://www.hispabrickmagazine.com In this new edition you will be able to enjoy our regular features, reviews, MINDSTORMS, LDraw, building trees... Of particular interest to the Robotics community are the article on the walkers by Menno Gorter, a MINDSTORMS Challenge and a photo report of the MINDSTORMS booth at LEGOWORLD Copenhague. There are also: - Articles on LEGO Sports, Sphere building... - Interviews with Mads Nipper, Christian Iversen, Menno Gorter and Alexander Schranz. - And a fantastic Star Wars™ contest. As always, we look forward to your comments, criticism and ideas at info(at)hispabrickmagazine(dot)com. </pre> Jetro de Chateau 2011-04-06T08:54:19 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7758 <pre>The Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) invites you to the 5th annual LEGO Engineering Symposium May 24-26, 2011 at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, USA. The LEGO Engineering Symposium aims to bring together educators that want to explore using LEGO MINDSTORMS to teach STEM concepts. This year's symposium's theme is Pushing the Envelope of STEM Learning. Speakers will include researchers in science education, leading K-12 teachers, maverick Mindstorms users, and other folks pushing the boundaries of technologies for supporting STEM education. We will be offering six development labs this year: I. Seeing the Science/Engineering in Children's Thinking. II. Integrating Engineering &amp; Literacy. III. SAM (Stop Action Movie Making) - Tools for Children to Create Representations of their Ideas. IV. Labview Education Edition - The Next Generation of Programming. V. Supporting the Development of Engineering Design Skills in K-12. VI. Physics Glasses: Augmented Reality and </pre> Merredith Portsmore 2011-02-20T05:35:52 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7756 <pre> any one have idea about world's most advanced humanoid robots ??????? I look forward to hear from you guys.. http://www.pal-robotics.com/ Modular Robots ----- http://www.pal-robotics.com/ Modular Robots </pre> iseoranker 2011-02-14T08:52:31 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7752 <pre>I decided to spring for one of the expensive Firgelli actuators, and just gave it a quick try. I either got a broken unit, or it is the worst piece of junk anyone has ever made for NXT. First of all, you command it to move a distance, not command it to a set location like you would expect for a servo. OK, I can live with that, but if I command it to move 10mm, some times I get 7, sometimes I get 12, sometimes I get 20mm, and sometimes it just goes all the way to the end stop. Totally el-flako useless. Anyone else had any experience with these things? Did I just get a lemon? </pre> Dave Curtis 2011-01-25T00:09:32 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7744 <pre>My [&lt;http://www.philohome.com/motors/motorcomp.htm motors comparison page&gt;] now includes tests of the E-motor from &lt;http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=9688-1 Renewable Energy Add-On Set (9688)&gt;. &lt;http://www.philohome.com/motors/motorcomp.htm &lt;http://www.philohome.com/motors/motors4.jpg&gt;&gt; Enjoy! &lt;http://www.philohome.com/index.htm Philo&gt; </pre> Philippe Hurbain 2011-01-12T10:02:43 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics/7743 <pre>Hello everyone, We are happy to announce that Brickworld registration is now open. We have been hard at work performing a complete overhaul on the registration process. In response to your feedback in the survey after last year's event, we have done a couple things to the event. Some items that impact registration: 1.There are now 2 types of registration: Full and light. These are described on the web site. But, essentially, full registration is for someone that is contributing to the event and partaking in the workshops and presentations. Light registration is for families that want to show up Friday afternoon, see the event hall without the public, participate in weekend non-public activities, and learn from the AFOLs and TFOLs. 2.The full registration will be capped at 650 people to keep things from being unmanagable. 3.When you register for the event, you aren't considered registered until you pay (the new process leads you through this) 4.The event will start on Wednesday evening with opening cere</pre> Bryan Bonahoom 2011-01-07T03:47:36 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.comp.hardware.lego.robotics