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We are now presenting you with the last of the 4 building instructions of RobotRemix2! In this previous post, you can view  the 4 videos of the Robot Remix series 2 . Now lets learn more about this transforming robot-grabber remix. The GRAB-EV3  by Guilherme Constantino "Hello my friends! I would like to share with you my project.  I confess that I was one of the most difficult projects, to work with a limited amount of pieces. You know, to win the remix one only needs to submit an idea on paper... building this idea turned out much more challenging than I had anticipated. What I present to you now is GRAB-EV3 a fun transforming robot with build-in grabber. Thank you to Robin Day for making the Building Instructions of my robot remix!  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did building it.  /Thank you!" Building Instructions for ROBOT REMIX 2 = 31313 + 42049 = GRAB-EV3 by Guilherme Constantino Click here for the GRAB-EV3 BI pdf file -...

If you recall, a few month ago we presented you with the 4 videos of the 2nd Robot Remix and so far 2 of those 4 remix BI's have been published here. Now for the 3rd Building Instructions of series 2 we have a great ball contraption (GBC) by Joe Meno. Lets hear how Joe came up with this idea for Robot Remix 2. GR3AT Ball Run By Joe Meno I submitted my idea for this remix based on one thing: The Mine Loader set had a barrel that could be split into two buckets. Based on that, I wanted to make a ball machine that could move balls through a path and the recycle the balls back to start. What I had in my mind was something like a Ferris wheel, where the balls would be lifted to the top in a big wheel, and there would be a bucket on the bottom to pick the balls up when they finished the path. Rotating the wheel would move the balls from bottom to top. What really happened was quite different. It didn’t take long after starting to build that the Ferris wheel was not possible. What wa...

A couple of month ago we presented you with the 4 videos of the Robot Remix series 2 and promised some building instructions. Already Mike's MONK3Y HEAD was published last week and today we are happy to present you with the EV3 version of Rock Paper Scissors! The RPS-GAM3 by Alexandre Campos Since Alexandre is the one who built his own BI's we asked him if he could explain to us the tools he used to create them. This is something people often ask about and some may be surprised as to how many steps are actually involved for making high quality Building Instructions. "Let me tell you, around 90% of the instructions work was done with applications that use the LDraw system. First I reproduced the model using MLCad (the LEGO-oriented CAD program I've been using for the longest time), at the same time doing some basic parts division in steps and sub-assemblies. MLCad isn't that great, however, when it comes to linkages and weird part angles, such as ...

A couple of month ago we presented you with the 4 videos of the Robot Remix series 2 and promised some building instruction as we did for Robot Remix series 1. Well, at last ,today we have our first building instructions to share with you. The MONK3Y HEAD  by Michael Brandl In this case, Mike is also the one who made his BI's. Furthermore, he shares with us the tools he used to achieve that: "I started with LDD, I really like to work with it but LDD doesn't have all new parts, sadly! So I exported my drawing to MLCad and reworked my BI there and inserted all steps, rotations and missing parts.  Did BIs using LPub4 and LPub5 and finished my work in MS Power Point for the final touch with header pages, a wiring diagram and footer on all pages. I hope you all like my work on these BIs ... leg god!   /Mike" Building Instructions for ROBOT REMIX 2 = 31313 + 42049 = MONK3Y HEAD by Mike Brandl Click here for the MONK3Y HEAD BI pdf file --> http:/...

We've all seen the fantastic building instructions that one can make with LPUB 4, but getting started was a little difficult without good documentation of the software. Just recently, Jaco van der Molen has published an online user guide that should make it easier for you to get started getting the most out of LPUB 4. You can find the website here . If you've got any comments, be sure to let Jaco know, so he can update the instructions if necessary.