ROBOTMAK3RS Blog

by guest blogger Cyrus Cuenca Hello readers, On Dec 18th 2015, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, opened worldwide. In celebration of this occasion, members of the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Facebook Group helped me put together all the Star Wars robots built with MINDSTORMS. I almost brought my 100% LEGO BB-8 robot to the premier, but the programming wasn't quite done yet. Anyways, the list of robots presented here range in complexity however, all of them are are super awesome! The first two robots I would like to display are my LEGO MINDSTORMS BB-8 robot, and Marc Andre Bazergui’s LEGO R2-D2. My LEGO MINDSTORMS BB-8 robot is based off a previous robot I built, called a WHEEL BIK3 . When I first saw BB-8 in the Star Wars: Episode 7 trailers, I immediately wanted to build one. However, once I got around to researching how BB-8 moves, it became apparent I wouldn't be able to built BB-8 the way people usually do, because LEGO doesn't make smooth hollow spheres ...

Hour of EV3 by guest bloggers Sanjay and Arvind Seshan of EV3Lessons Hour of EV3 Learning to program is a very important skill. The Hour of Code movement was started several years ago and reaches tens of millions of students in 180+ countries for everyone (ages 4-104). Hour of Code is held during the week of December 7-13, in celebration of Computer Science Education Week. Hour of Code promo video Hour of Code introduces students to various programming languages such as Python and Scratch and shows them that coding is both fun and achievable. LEGO® MINDSTORMS®  can be used to achieve the same purpose. We have found the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® to be a great platform for learning programming skills – everything from learning to write comments to creating complex algorithms.  The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® kit is “more than a toy”.  From prototyping possibilities to using as a platform to teach coding skills, it is fun and versatile. LEGO®  recently announced...