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Remember #robotmak3r Kyle, the Kid with the Timmyton? http://thenxtstep.blogspot.ca/2013/08/the-kid-with-timmyton-35.html   http://www.thenxtstep.com/2013/12/check-it-out-timmyton-50-built-with-one.html Well he came and visit me at the LEGO MINDSTORMS kiosk at the World Maker Faire in New York last month. He brought along his latest version of his Timmyton now at V5.5 ... WOW! Meeting Kyle once again and trying out his robot in person was really cool. Kyle's work didn't go unnoticed, it's a really good model he designed.  Filippa, LEGO MINDSTORMS community manager took the time to interview Kyle and produced this great video:  Read more about his cool projects, see pictures and download LDD and programs by visiting Builderdude35 profile on the LEGO MINDSTORMS Community page http://www.us.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/community/profile?builder=Builderdude35 Are you a #robotmak3r? If any of you have some cool robots you want to share with the world let me know, r...

Remember Kyle, the Kid with the Timmyton? http://thenxtstep.blogspot.ca/2013/08/the-kid-with-timmyton-35.html   Well he managed to get his own EV3 set soon after it launched and he's been pretty active with it since. His latest creation is version 5 of his popular Timmyton robot. Timmyton 5, 
Created by: Builderdude35 He sent me an email to announce he had entered it in the Out Of The Box contest on the MINDSTORMS Community webs site and won! I can see why, this is a very cool looking one kit robot, and has some nice features like a moving fin and jaws. His robot is very well documented and he offers both Building Instructions and a variety of sample programs to bring it to life! For example, Program 4, Timmyton Jaws  This is a simple seeking program, based off of NeXTSTORM's program. It makes the Timmyton 5.0 track down the IR Beacon in an attempt to eat it. All the while, The Timmyton wags his tail and snaps his jaws violently, and plays the famous "Jaws...

Back in February when I was at FIRST I met with lots of bright kids at the MINDSTORMS booth but they where mostly asking me questions about upcoming EV3 and my WALL-E robots. The Next day I decided to drive my robot around and visit surrounding FLL teams booth this is when I came across the Radical Robotix Team 10147 member Kyle Markland who talked to me about his personal robot he was bulding, the Timmyton!  He said he would send me more details and a few days ago, he did! Hello... we met at the World Festival. I was the one who told you about my NXT robot, the Timmyton 3.5. I wanted to inform you that I finished an upgraded version, the Timmyton 4.0. It has similar functions as the last model, but the mechanics are very different and all of the last model’s flaws have been resolved.  I attached some pictures of the 4.0 above. If you want all of the details, you can find a complete rundown of both the Timmyton 3.5 and 4.0 on my NXT Log page. Just type in Bu...