ROBOTMAK3RS Blog

The challenge was to remake Wall-E3 (the one that went to Atlanta for the FIRST World Championship earlier this year) but to use only Mindstorms this time! No Power function or 3rd party components!!  humm,   Well we all know the NXT Servo motors are 'huge' and only 3 can be plugged  per NXT... Conclusion?  zWall-E4! Tech. Spec.: 3 NXT bricks 8 NXT Servo Motors 2 Color Sensors (for the eyes) 1 Ultrasonic Sensor 4 Touch Sensors & Bluetooth was used to link all 3 NXT's via a NXT-G 2.0 program. OK so he doesn't transform (yet), but I'm still quite happy with the result. There is always room for improvement though :) I look forward to hear your comments. Hope you enjoy this short video and for those lucky to be there, make sure you come see us at the MCP booth at LEGO WORLD 2010 next week. I: /. 7.

At the Club day in Harderberg, Eric brought several nice NXT models, and an impressive fully remote tank (it even fires and auto load the soccer balls). We had great fun when Spike attacked NXT-T , a Dino like in the new IR remote Creator set but now build form NXT parts. More photos will follow. martyn

For those of you who can’t wait until Bricking Bavaria or LEGOWORLD . Please join me in visiting the Dutch LEGO club day organized by the Bouwsteen . It's on 25th and 26th of August (this weekend). This time the club day will be held in Harderberg (close to the German border). There will be a large train layout and lots of other nice models on display. You can buy old and new LEGO. I will show various NXT models, even some form our upcoming book. You are welcome and the entrance is free. Martyn