Building Knowledge With LEGO

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

A local news site features a closer look at a FIRST LEGO League team competing in a tournament at James Madison University this Saturday.

In some respects, Chase Conley’s LEGO robot looked like any other creature built by an imaginative child.

Gray, black and yellow LEGO pieces clasped together to form what resembled an Army tank.

But this robot wasn’t a toy.

At about 6 inches long and 4 inches tall, the robot had an arm that extended from its right side and ended in pinchers. It had sensors that responded to light and touch, and in its middle sat an NXT controller, the brains of the operation.

The robot was programmed to perform a very specific set of missions.

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