Topic LEGO Mindstorms

Donkey

Wow this thing is cool, I just saw an ad for the National Instruments products in my recent issue of NASA Tech Briefs and it had this LEGO robotics thing....

http://mindstorms.lego.com/

Freaking awesome, I wish I had this stuff when I was a kid...then again I'm just a big kid now...hehehehe

Someone made a self parking car with one....sick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebfxY...elated&search=

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This is uber impressive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhs1h...elated&search=

AlexKall

Really nice! I played with those once, but there was less of those cool gadgets that you can use

Donkey

I bet you could hack the crap out of that thing....I bet you could get it to control relays via dry contact closures....

Wow check this out, Bridge laying robot:
http://www.thenxtstep.blogspot.com/


More info
http://www.philohome.com/nxt.htm

http://www.bnxt.com/

-HAL-

Looks like a really interesting and fun "toy"..

AlexKall

Kind of what I do but alot simpler, can still do amazing things with them as shown on the videos, there's also a "factory" on youtube that can be checked out.