ROBOTMAK3RS Blog

A German builder named leggor has created a remote control for his NXT fatboy motorcyle.  That by itself isn’t anything new.  Many folks have created remote controls for their NXT projects. What is neat about this remote control… is it simulates a real motorcycle handlebar.  Complete with twistable throttle and a break. A simple shot of the controller:   Here is a short video of the bike and control in action:   Thanks to Klocki for the heads-up on this project. There are some other neat projects on leggor’s BrickShelf page .

Lately, there have been some discussions about the possibility to build some motorcycle with the NXT that would actually be able to drive without falling over. I wonder if someone of the community has already tackled or even mastered that? Does anybody know of such attempts? For inspiration, here's the video of a Japanese (what else?) life-size robot that is able to drive a bike.