Sepp: a new bridge-laying robot

Monday, August 13th, 2007

Got contacted by “fraeggnxt” on YouTube, saying he’d built a brother-robot to Madison, my bridge-layer.
His creation, Sepp, is a fantastic bit of work. Much faster and more reliable than Madison ever was. I particularly like the use of twin light-sensors to line up straight against the gap-edge - wish I’d thought of that.

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Lego NXT Dalek

Monday, August 13th, 2007

My 9 year-old son Danny is a major Dr Who fan, and challenged me recently to build him a Dalek.

This is probably the most fiddly construction I’ve put together yet. The NXT internals were actually pretty simple, but getting the “shell” right was a major pain. Turned out alright though.

Looks genuinely sinister when it starts moving, brings back all those Dr Who “behind the sofa” moments from my childhood!

(I’ve just thought, if you’re not from the UK you may not have seen Dr Who on tv and have no idea what a Dalek is. In that case, this post will make no sense at all, sorry!)

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