Teaser on NXT Desert Ranger
Saturday, September 30th, 2006
Here’s a first glance at my new “NXT Desert Ranger” creation. It’s a two seats jeep fully equipped with rear-wheels drive, GPS navigation, auto-pilot, dual-springs suspensions, mud shields, solar panels, seat belts, and two high-power top-mounted light projectors.
Click the picture for high-res. More details will follow…
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Updated NXT LDraw Parts
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
The unofficial collection of LEGO Mindstorms NXT LDraw parts has been updated. Several improvements have been made to existing parts.
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Updated Visual LEGO Documentation
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 
Bram Fokke has updated his Visual LEGO documentation with a few examples on how to connect to a LEGO Mindstorms NXT and control a motor. Enjoy.
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Linux Bluetooth Tutorial
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
Michael Collins has posted a starter guide for establishing a Bluetooth connection to a LEGO Mindstorms NXT under Linux. He is also responsible for NXT PERL API, which allows you to send Bluetooth commands directly to the NXT.
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Mindstorms Bot Stars
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
A new section has been added to the Mindstorms site featuring three brand new robots: Bone Bot, Guard Bot, and Throw Bot.
Incredible, new, hi-tech sensors combine with the power of the NXT Intelligent Brick to let your robot do just about anything you can imagine.
[via LEGO]
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Toys ‘R’ Us Hot Holiday Toys
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
Toys ‘R’ Us lists their top toy picks for this holiday season:
Among the hottest toys for “big kids” will be LEGO’s $250 Mindstorms NXT, an eye-catching robot that kids can design, build and program. It’s got bluetooth technology, so it can even be controlled with a mobile phone. Parents may wonder: Can it take out the trash?
[via Daily News]
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New Repository Category
Sunday, September 24th, 2006Driven by the large development in the “alternative” programming platforms, and with the prospects of new firmwares in the future, I’ve opened a new repository category \Programming\Alt.NXT-G. The new category will hold links to firmware versions, NXT<->PC control software etc. Please email us at repository@nxtasy.org to update on any new/upgraded Alt.NXT-G projects.
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The Tourist — A mindsensors.com PSP-Nx Review
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
Thanks goes to the kind folks at mindsensors.com for sending me their new PSP-Nx Sony PlayStation 2 controller interface for the LEGO Mindstorms NXT. I wanted to give the interface a spin and post a review, so I put together a simple robotic vehicle that I affectionately call the Tourist (click here for hi-res). Is the PSP-Nx a stud or dud? See the full review after the jump to find out!
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Meet Dave Astolfo’s Tiltbot
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
Fresh on the heels of DominoBotNXT, our good friend Dave Astolfo does it again with another excellent creation that he calls Tiltbot! He started this project to test and review the new Techno-stuff Tilt Sensor. Can’t wait to see a video!
The general idea was to build a robot that would navigate over varying terrain (eg. a few books etc), with a high center of gravity so that it could easily flip forward or backward. Then, to have the center NXT brick unit (seen in picture) to auto level itself to ensure that the robot weight was balanced and not flip over. The Tilt Sensor would allow for it to detect when it was riding up on an object and then shift the NXT unit forward or back depending on where the weight was shifting.
Learn more about Tiltbot over at Dave’s site: http://www.astolfo.com/
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Build Instructions for Leguan
Thursday, September 21st, 2006
Matthias has published building instructions for Leguan. They can be accessed from our repository \Projects category.
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