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A new Dexter project and teammate
Hi everyone, my name is Adam and I’m an engineer at Dexter Industries. I hacked a dSolar adapter for the 9v power coupling on our NXTBee Pro and Wifi units. I thought it would be fun to power some of … Continue reading
Solar Powered LEGO Robot Workshops Are a Hit with Students and Teachers
Recently Dexter Industries teamed up with the University of Arizona to bring solar powered robots to engineering teaching. Students are getting hands-on learning experience in solar engineering using the dSolar to power their LEGO MINDSTORMS robots. A teaching concept that … Continue reading
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Tagged dSolar, education, lego, LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT, mindstorms, mindstorms NXT, nxt, solar
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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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Moonbots 2012 Begins: A Video Kickoff
What’s Moonbots 2012 all about? Here’s a quick video . . . Continue reading
The dSolar in Wired Magazine
The dSolar gets some love from Wired Magazine . . . Continue reading
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Tagged dSolar, mindstorms, Mindstorms NXTS, nxt, solar
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dSolar Mindstorms NXT Circles Monument
Our latest dSolar Mindstorms NXT robot circles Washington Circle. The robot feels its way around the circle using a dFlex sensor. Continue reading
dSolar Leak
This week, we wanted to give everyone a small hint about what’s coming soon from Dexter Industries. We’ve been working for the past month on a solar power system for the Mindstorms NXT system. That’s right, soon you’ll be able … Continue reading
Cool Solar Project
Check out this cool solar project done by dastolfo at http://www.plastibots.com/?p=980 This is a great blog about his experiments with putting together a solar panel. Did you like this? Share it: