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Robot Remix #5 - Hungry Hippo By Joe Meno Are you hungry for a brand new game? Hungry Hippo is a cross between LEGO MINDSTORMS 31313 and LEGO Technic 42076.  The two sets are combined to recreate an electronic version of the very popular children's game called "Hungry Hungry Hippos." The goal of the game is to see which player "eats" the most balls. In this MINDSTORMS version, a single player plays against the EV3. Design Idea: Joe came up with the idea while looking at a McDonald's Happy Meal version of a Hungry Hungry Hippos toy his niece was playing with. He also wanted his remix idea to be interactive game with a a user.  Looking at the parts in the two sets, he was knew he could create "hippos" in different colors and the use the flat panels for the bottom of the game board. Joe started with a sketch of his design. He did have to alter the design from a 4-player to a 2-player game (one user and one computer player). H...

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 ...