Aug 06

Lego Curiosity Mars rover explores barren surface of Kennedy Space Center (video)

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Lego Curiosity Mars rover

If you want to do what NASA just did, except in Lego form, then look no further. NXT builders Doug Moran and Will Gorman put together this amazing working Curiosity rover that can happily roll around plastic terrains, searching for the answer to Bowie’s questions. Four of the six wheels are powered, enabling the gear to make 360 degree turns, while a fully working arm and mast are controlled separately. Of course, nothing we can say could compare to seeing it in the flesh plastic, so head on past the break to see it in action.

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Aug 01

Lego motorized wheelchair joins Mindstorms NXT alumni (video)

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Lego motorized wheelchair joins Mindstorms NXT alumni (video)

It’s been a while since we’ve come across a Lego project that’s on par with a certain Pixar hero or the Rubiks solving robots, but Simon Burfield’s brick-based motorized wheelchair definitely ranks close. He’s cobbled together seven Mindstorm NXT micro-computers (programmed in RobotC), 14 motors, 16 touch sensors and a Technic frame to build a chair capable of carting around 200 pounds of Lego obsessed humanity. As functional as it is, the creator aims to improve the build with wireless control via Android, a task he says should be “very straightforward” over Bluetooth. If you’d like to see the demo in all its noisy glory, check out the video after the break.

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