Update on FTC and NXT

Reader basicxman sent me a message letting me know about some updates that have gone out (via email) to FTC teams. A portion of that notification is below (edited), including a Bill of Materials and a video examining the product. Check out the links below.

Jim

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Registration Is Now Open

The 2008 FTC Season Registration is now open. How do you register, you ask? Well, let us take a moment to tell you!

Go to our registration web site: http://www.usfirst.org/community/fvc/content.aspx?id=750
If you are a returning team, log in and select the team you would like to register.
If you are a new team, follow the instructions to create a login.
o A login and password will be emailed to you
o Use login and password to access registration site
o Create a new team
Complete all the required fields **hint: required fields have an X next to them**
When the required fields are completed, follow the "Program Fee" link to complete your registration **hint: the "Program Fee" link is near the bottom of the page**
When your registration has been paid, a link under "Order Kit" will become active.
Follow that link for ordering information.
o Paid teams can place orders for Kits immediately
o Kits will ship in August
o You may request an invoice be sent to you prior to the kit ship date

New Kit Bill of Materials Available Now

As requested by a number of teams, the Bill of Materials is now available for the new kit. Look under "Headlines" on the FTC landing page, http://www.usfirst.org/community/fvc/default.aspx?id=968
Please be aware, we reserve the right to make changes to this list for the final kit.

TETRIX Video Released From Pitsco

Click here to see a video of the new TETRIX kit: http://www.legoeducation.com/sharedimages/videos/Tetrix_Short_Promo.wmv

Celebrating MINDSTORMS with a Remix - Part 3

The ROBOTMAK3RS continued their celebration of the 25th Anniversary of MINDSTORMS through these Fall and Winter remix projects. Each ROBOTMAK3R was tasked with selecting one LEGO set of their choice and combining it with a MINDSTORMS set. Below are the five amazing models they came up with. Braill3 by Jerry Nicholls Braill3 is an EV3-based LEGO Braille bricks reader. This robot uses its fingertip, made from three touch switches, to read messages written using the LEGO Braille bricks and will speak out what it detected. If it sees a simple maths problem it will attempt to solve it and give the answer as well. To learn more about the process of creating this machine, read Jerry's blog . Braill3 can be viewed here . Set Review: The Braille Bricks set is well thought out. The ratios of the letters is suitable for general use and the addition of some punctuation and arithmetic operators is excellent. There is a card showing what bricks there are and their quantities, but no form of sort...

Celebrating MINDSTORMS with a Remix - Part 2

The ROBOTMAK3RS continued their celebration of the 25th Anniversary of MINDSTORMS through these summer and fall remix projects. Each ROBOTMAK3R was tasked with selecting one LEGO set of their choice and combining it with a MINDSTORMS set. Below are the five amazing models they came up with. Remote controlled material handle r by Jozua van Ravenhorst (aka Mr Jo) This remix combines the LEGO Technic Material Handler (42144) with MINDSTORMS EV3 (31313) It uses the power of pneumatic cylinders to move objects around. By using a bluetooth remote control, very precise movements can be made with this model. Touch sensors in the base chassis prevent the turret twisting the cables that go through the turntable to much. The program has several protections to prevent over pressurizing the system for each of the 3 individual pumps and valves that control the 2 booms and claws. The real version of this machine is mostly used in waste material sites to bring the material to machines that sort and...

Celebrating 25 Years of MINDSTORMS

In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of MINDSTORMS, we take a trip through history. Please also visit ROBOTMAK3RS Community every week as we highlight different projects all through 2023 in celebration of the anniversary. Some of the early history is based on the content shared by Coder Shah in our MINDSTORMS EV3 Community Group . Some of the text and links may have been edited from his original posts for consistency and clarity. 1984 - Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen watched a TV program called "Talking Turtle," where MIT professor Seymour Papert demonstrated how children could control robot "turtles" using LOGO, a programming language he developed. 1988 - The collaboration between MIT and LEGO resulted in LEGO TC Logo in 1988, which allowed students to control LEGO models using computer commands. The video shows Papert demonstrating TC Logo. 1990 - LEGO TC Logo was hampered since the robots you built had to be tethered to a personal computer. LEGO and MIT...

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