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Raspberry Pi and LEGO MINDSTORMS Sensors

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Dexter Industries

This week we’ve posted a quick tutorial to show how we connected an amazing little computer called the Raspberry Pi and some amazing LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT sensors. For those that haven’t heard, the Raspberry Pi is a small, $25 Linux … Continue reading →

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Segway with Robot Driver

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Dexter Industries

A segway driven by a robot using the Dexter Industries dIMU for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT. Continue reading →

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dIMU Physics Experiment

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Dexter Industries

Thanks to Marcelino Andrade who sent us a video and explanation of some physics demonstrations he’s doing for his students with the dIMU for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT.
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Unicycle Balancing Robot

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Dexter Industries

From Robot Square – A new type of Segway . . . but it’s missing a wheel! A self-balancing LEGO MINDSTORMS unicycle! Continue reading →

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Fast Gyroscope NXT-G Blocks

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Dexter Industries

When you have to read the gyroscope fast . . . Continue reading →

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New Tutorial: Segway in RobotC

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Dexter Industries

A new tutorial on the Laurens Valks LEGO Segway. Continue reading →

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dIMU Winner!

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Dexter Industries

Thanks to everyone who joined in our dIMU days this past week! And the winner of the dIMU is . . . Continue reading →

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Segway Roundup with the dIMU

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Dexter Industries

To finish off our week of dIMU posts, we thought we’d share some videos. One of the most amazing things you can make with the dIMU is a balancing robot, similar to a Segway. We’ve all seen this before, but here is a roundup of different Segways that you can build, some bloopers from when we first got started, and a video of Darth Vader riding around on his own AnyWay. Continue reading →

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dIMU Days: Lejos!

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Dexter Industries

Lejos Support is here! You can download the files off our website, or go straight to Aswin’s site and get a full-blown tutorial. Continue reading →

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AnyWay + NXTBee = Remote Controlled Segway

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Dexter Industries

Building on the AnyWay Segway project, we’ve added a few things to make it remote controlled. We use the NXTBee, along with an XBee computer adapter, to control the direction the AnyWay goes with a computer. It’s like a remote controlled car, but it’s a Segway. Made of LEGOs.

Building instructions, computer code, pictures, and video are all here! Continue reading →

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