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A few weeks ago we presented you with the second edition of the ROBOTREMIX challenge; to REMIX the 42049 Technic set with the MINDSTORMS 31313 Home set.  We ended up with one transforming vehicle, one Rock Paper Scissors game, one mesmerizing Great Ball Contraption and one animatronic Monkey Head! Hard at work, the MCP's have complete the videos of their remix. All you need to do is sit back and enjoy! First, Mike Brandl  MONK3YHEAD a full featured animatronic. Second, Guilherme Constantino's transformer/grabber vehicle. OK it needs a little manual intervention but imagine if you could add another motor?! :) Third is Alexandre Campos pretty cool Rock Paper Scissors game, can you beat the robot? Finally we got Joe Meno's contraption, this is only a glimpse of what is possible with MINDSTORMS... what are you waiting for? start remixing your LEGO Technic elements with EV3! Thanks for taking the time to comment here or on the vi...

 The MINDSTORMS Community Partners (MCP) are at it again. Remix #1 was such a great success that the MINDSTORMS Team  decided to challenge the MCP's once again with a robot remix. The challenge this time,  to imagine what type of creative combination models could be made using only parts from the LEGO MINDSTORMS (31313) set and the newly launched LEGO TECHNIC Mine Loader (42049). The ROBOT REMIX #2 is a mix between the Mine Loader (42049) and the EV3 (31313) sets. The goal of this creative concept is to show the cool stuff possible remixing your LEGO TECHNIC set along with the MINDSTORMS robotic kit. There were lots of great ideas from the MCP group, but 4 ideas where finally chosen to receive a set to get started exploring the combination. The final and awesome creations by Joe (USA), Guilherme (Brazil), Mike (Austria) and Alexandre (Portugal) are shown below! Joe Meno's amazing Great Ball Contraption - GB-EV3 Guilherme Constantino's  tr...

Exhibit D: VLK-EV3 by Xander Soldaat, The Netherlands  For the last remix of RobotRemix#1, Xander tells us a bit more about the challenges faced with the execution of his idea; The VLK-EV3 (formerly know as Valkyrie) I am Xander, from The Netherlands. I am a senior software engineer for Robomatter and have been an MCP for about 6 years. My design proposal, a Valkyrie inspired robot, proved much harder to implement than I had originally anticipated. Without the help from Laurens Valk and Damien Kee, this robot would have been no more than a heaping pile of disappointment. Initially, it was designed it with the brick in the plane part. This worked fine until I started adding things like a head and wings. The small motor struggled quite a bit but really ground to a halt when I replaced the lighter battery pack with 6xAA batteries. I had almost given up, when, during an unrelated conversation with Damien, the failed project was mentioned. He suggested putting the br...

Exhibit C: LUCKY CAT by Robin Dai, China For this post,  learn a little bit more about Robin thanks to his fun self introductory text: Hi, This is Robin, from Shanghai, China. You may already notice my older face. Yes, I’m 56 and have been serving in Shanghai Police for more than 30 years. Fortunately, I still have chance to spend my leisure on exploring the amazing Lego cosmos for recent 10 years. I am so honor to be a member of MCP15. And as a lucky participant, the first thing I want to share with you all is that the Robot Remix is such a smart and exciting idea. I have been gladly struggling in utilizing and combining two sets as much as I can for several weeks. We have an idiom in China, saying "To throw a brick for a jade back" It's quite similar with your English one is "To throw out a minnow to catch a whale". Hope you like my creation and will have a whale of a time at your own remix exploration. 31313 + 42040 = LUCKY CAT Here are som...

Exhibit B: DANC3R by Arthur Sacek, Brazil Arthur Sacek is a product designer and lives in São Paulo, Brazil. Since 2001 he has been developing LEGO models and educational programs for Brazilian schools. He also have a technology school, where he supports kids to create their own inventions. Arthur is member of the MINDSTORMS Community Partner (MCP) group in which was held the first ROBOT REMIX challenge. Arthur successfully remixed it into a robot dancer. 31313 + 42040 = DANC3R Here are some pictures showing the engineering details of this build and proof of concept. Arthur wowed us all with his preliminary sketches Front view of DANC3R Rear view of DANC3R Hope you enjoyed this ROBOT REMIX, please feel free to comment and share this project.  To see more of Arthur’s work, visit https://www.youtube.com/user/arthursacek   Learn all about the ROBOT REMIX #1 in the story posted earlier this week.  Sta...

Exhibit A: HELICOPT3R by Yoshihito Isogawa, Japan Yoshihito is the author of the LEGO Technic Idea Book series and the recent LEGO MINDSTORMS Idea Book. He lives in Tokyo, Japan and regularly holds LEGO workshops, lectures at schools and science museums, and creates LEGO for events and exhibitions. Yoshihito is also member of the MINDSTORMS Community Partner (MCP) group in which was held the first ROBOT REMIX challenge. Yoshihito successfully remixed it into a helicopter simulator. 31313 + 42040 = HELICOPT3R Here are some pictures showing the engineering details of this build and proof of concept. And now a few high resolution picture showing the main components of this ROBOTREMIX. The complete HELICOPT3R and EV3 assembly balances on this axle. Color sensor detects the position of the landing pad. The HELICOPT3R on its landing pad. Hope you enjoyed this ROBOT REMIX, please feel free to comment and share this project.  To s...

The MINDSTORMS Community Partners (MCP) are robot makers known for thinking outside the box, constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible to create with MINDSTORMS! This is why during summer of 2015 the LEGO MINDSTORMS team challenged the MCP, and asked for help to solve a creative problem… The challenge this time,  to imagine what type of creative combination models could be made using only parts from the LEGO MINDSTORMS (31313) set and the newly launched LEGO TECHNIC Fire plane (42040). The ROBOT REMIX #1 is a mix between the Sea Plane (42040) and the EV3 (31313) sets. The result is the ROBOTREMIX, a creative concept whose goal is to show the cool stuff possible remixing your LEGO MINDSTORMS set with only 1 other LEGO TECHNIC set. There were lots of great ideas from the MCP group, but 4 ideas where finally chosen to receive a set to get started exploring the combination. The final and awesome creations by Xander (Netherlands), Robin (China), Arthur (Brazil...