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Storming Robots Win Robocup Jr. With the Thermal Infrared Sensor
Congratulations to the Storming Robots Team from Branchburg New Jersery, who alerted us that they have won the RoboCup Junior US Rescue B competition and will be travelling to the World Event in June. Continue reading
Posted in Education, RoboCup Jr, Thermal Infrared Sensor
Tagged competitions, mindstorm, mindstorms, mindstorms NXT, Robocup, Robocup Jr, ROBOCUPJUNIOR, RobotC, thermal infrared
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Announcing 2012 MoonBots A Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Challenge!
This year, Dexter Industries is bringing sustainability to Moonbots by providing 30 finalists with dSolar 4W systems. Teams will power their lunar robots with solar power, just like a real mission to the moon! Continue reading
Posted in dSolar, Education, Moonbots
Tagged contest, dSolar, lego, mindstorm, mindstorms, mindstorms NXT, Mindstorms NXTS, moonbots, projects, solar
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Astronauts Build ISS out of LEGO
LEGO in space! Continue reading
GENIUS Team Project for FLL
Team GENIUS introduces their Cool Factor for the Body Forward 2010-2011 Project. A really awesome project! Continue reading
Posted in Education, FLL, Wireless
Tagged FLL, mindstorm, mindstorms NXT, NXTBee, projects, thermometer
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New Sensor: Accelerometer + Gyro = dIMU
The Dexter Industries Inertial Motion Sensor: a gyroscope and accelerometer. Six degrees of freedom and no limits. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged accelerometer, dIMU, gyroscope, lego, mindstorm, mindstorms, mindstorms NXT, Mindstorms NXTS, nxt, NXT-G, sensor
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New, Improved NXTBee Picture . . .
The NXTBee has evolved . . . . still blue and still better than bluetooth. Continue reading
Posted in News, Wireless
Tagged COOL, lego, mindstorm, mindstorms, Mindstorms NXTS, nxt, NXTBee, wireless
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Project: Thermal Infrared Turret Bot
A very cool project from a student at Tufts using the TIR sensor and the dFlex sensor. The Turret project will use a heat sensor and motors to find a person in a room and then shoot them with a rubber band. Continue reading
Posted in dFlex, Education, projects, Thermal Infrared Sensor
Tagged dFlex, lego, Legos, mindstorm, mindstorms, Mindstorms NXTS, projects, robot, temperature, thermal infrared
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Altimeter for Lego MINDSTORMS NXT
How to turn your Mindstorms NXT into an altimeter. Continue reading
Posted in GPS, Software and Drivers
Tagged GPS, lego, mindstorm, mindstorms, mindstorms NXT, Mindstorms NXTS, NXT-G
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New Workbook: Beginning GPS for NXT Robots
We’ve just finished our first workbook!
This book is a full introduction to the basics of GPS and with hands-on activities and tutorials on how to use all of the features of the GPS Sensor with NXT Robots. Continue reading
Posted in GPS, News, Products
Tagged GPS, lego, Legos, mindstorm, mindstorms, mindstorms NXT, Mindstorms NXTS, NXT-G, projects, sensor, workbook
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Controlling an NXT from Half Way Around the World
Controlling Xander’s NXT from anywhere in the world. Continue reading