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This is all about Robot Kits and Educational Robotics Resources, and hobby robotics. For example, Lego robotics and 7-axis humanoid robot arms. These should help you move beyond the plastic toys and to build, learn, program and expand. The idea is to build your own programmable robot.

NXT 2.0 is Cool - even when Broken

21 Sep 2010

Nowhere in the Mindstorms NXT 2.0 instruction manual does it say that the screen of the control brick mustn't be hit by a two-year-old. With ...

Mindstorms NXT 2.0

01 Sep 2010

The LEGO 8547 Mindstorms NXT 2.0 Robot is now available, and is currently retailing from Amazon for £168! It can be programmed from ...

Meccano Spykee Wi-Fi Robot

16 May 2009

This must be the most fun, extravagant wireless webcam on wheels ever! Control Spykee using a local wi-fi signal or remotely via the Internet ...

Lego Mindstorms NXT

16 May 2009

I decided to start a robotics section just to showcase this amazing bit of kit: the Mindstorms NXT, a pile of Lego that comes with a controller ...


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  • 26 Sep I am so sorry to hear about the brick screen. The only way to remedy
  • 04 Sep I've seen sensors for: * acceleration and tilt * compass * infra-red link
  • 04 Sep Can you be more specific?
  • 04 Sep There's quite a variety of sensors available, as far as I know.
  • 04 Sep I don't know, sorry!
  • 04 Sep Do you know what other sensors the Mindstorms robot has?
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