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Blog postGreat news for MINDSTORMS fans: the newest member of the LEGO MINDSTORMS family, Robot Inventor, received a significant upgrade this month. New features bring to life even more possibilities for creativity and inspiration. We sat down with Morten Svendsen and Dan Meehan, two LEGO MINDSTORMS Designers, to discuss the Robot Inventor set and chat about future plans during a recent MINDSTORMS Roundtable discussion. The two main features added this month are the inclusion of a Community section as
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Blog postEvery quarter, the ROBOTMAK3RS RLOC sponsors a community contest. Last quarter, builders were challenged with the task of creating a pet, a wild animal, or an assistant for the animal. There were many creative entires including a dog, a snake, an ox and even a reindeer. The winning entry was an Omnispider by Menno Gorter from the Netherlands.
Menno has a long history building with LEGO robotics systems. He is most intrigued by creating movement without wheels. Hence, a large fr -
Blog postEvery quarter, the ROBOTMAK3RS Community sponsors a contest. Our goal is to inspire our group members to build and program using one or more of the LEGO robotics sets. Our RLOC members carefully examine all entries and select the winners based on many factors including creativity, complexity, use of sensor input and more. At the end of 2020, the ROBOTMAK3RS community ran a Halloween-themed contest. The winners of the contest were Vatsal Sharda (under 18) and Patrik and Simon Dober (over
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Blog postEdward Young is a 19-year old mathematics student in the Czech Republic. He has been building with MINDSTORMS and Technic ever since he received the NXT 2.0 set in 2009. He has been creating machines of various types since then. LEGO MINDSTORMS played a part in developing his interest in math and science.
Recently, Edward won the grand prize in the ROBOTMAK3RS Community Challenge for his RoBoxers design. Participants were asked to design a game using any LEGO robotics platform of th -
Blog postLEGO robotics is a great way to develop creativity and STEM skills in children. In this blog post, we highlight some children who are learning by building and programming robots.
The ROBOTMAK3RS are committed to inspiring and fostering the next generation of inventors, engineers and programmers through our events, workshops and competitions. Every quarter, we run a community build contest with a theme. Children are permitted to enter. In this article, we highlight the work of some entra -
Blog postThe ROBOTMAK3RS sponsored a community Smart Boat Contest. Participants were challenged with the task of creating a smart boat that includes MINDSTORMS, BOOST, Powered UP, CONTROL+, WeDO or SPIKE Prime. The boat did not have to float on water. The winner of the contest was Hector Fernando Palomino Gutierrez from Lima, Peru.
Hector has been building with LEGO robots since 2012. He took a course called "Introduction to Mechatronics Engineering" at his university. One of the t -
Blog postExciting news for LEGO robotics fans! Today, LEGO announced the newest member of the MINDSTORMS family. LEGO 51515 MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor set is a 5-in-1 set for ages ten and up. Get ready to build, code, play, and rebuild as many times as you want!
The new MINDSTORMS set features five unique designs you construct using the 949 elements available in the set. Robot Inventor even features a remote control that allows you to use your own controller using Bluetooth. There are more than 50 b -
Blog postYoshihito Isogawa is the author of the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Idea Book and the LEGO Power Functions Idea Book series, as well as other LEGO titles. In addition to creating LEGO moving models and conducting educational workshops and events using LEGO bricks, he is a judge for World Robot Olympiad (WRO) and for FIRST LEGO League (FLL) in Japan.How did you get started building with LEGO bricks?When I was about four or five years old, my parents bought me a LEGO set. Before then, I
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Blog postAnika Vuurzoon is a graduate student undertaking Mechanical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. She is well-known for her robotic animals as well as for bringing LEGO Friends and LEGO Elves sets to life with the incorporation of LEGO MINDSTORMS. Anika shares her creations all around the world including at the World Robot Olympiad. Anika’s entire family enjoys building with LEGO. They have a strong passion for nature & technology. Most recently, Anika wa
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Blog postJason Alleman is well known for his LEGO kinetic sculptures and unique MINDSTORMS models. He has a degree in Engineering, and enjoy building models that have some kind of interesting motion. He is an inspiration to other LEGO builders, not only in terms of his amazing creations, but also in how he shares his creative process. His YouTube channel has over 500,000 subscribers. Most recently, he won the grand prize for the Alexa-MINDSTORMS contest.He is an avid rock climber, and can
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Blog postLEGO® MINDSTORMS and Amazon Alexa roll-out voice-based robotics challenge The LEGO Group and Amazon join forces to introduce the LEGO® MINDSTORMS Voice Challenge: Powered by Alexa – an opportunity for Alexa developers, LEGO MINDSTORMS enthusiasts, and creators around the world to explore and build the future of voice-based experiences through construction and robotics play.Billund, September 24: The LEGO® MINDSTORMS Voice Challen
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Blog postMINDSTORMS is a versatile platform that allows for infinite creativity. Many users have great fun incorporating MINDSTORMS into holiday traditions. You can use your MINDSTORMS set to decorate eggs, serve candy, play songs, and even write holiday cards.
With Easter holidays coming, here are a few ideas for Easter-related builds and several more to inspire you for the rest of the year too!
Decorate with EaseJK Brickworks uses the MINDSTORMS set as an egg decorating tool. -
Blog postThe second of 4 models designed by the community for Robot Remix #6 is called LIZARD by Anton Vanhoucke. We asked him to tell us a bit more about how this idea came to be, his design process and challenges he faced building the LIZARD.Because of the green parts in the Forest Machine I looked for green animals. There weren't many. Mostly crocodiles, dinosaurs and lizards. I figured I'd make the LEGO model curve while walking like a real lizard. I was lucky to find that the forest machine inc
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Blog postThe Cat3rpillar by Anika Vuurzoon and Nard Strijbosch
The Caterpillar is a unique combination of the LEGO Technic Forest Machine (42080) and LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 31313 set.
Design Idea:
Anika and Nard have a background in building LEGO animals. Therefore, when given the opportunity come up with their own remix design, their first thought was to construct an animal. The Technic Forest Machine set comes with pneumatic elements and this gave them the idea to create an -
Blog postRobot Remix #6
Since 2015, the ROBOTMAK3R community has been challenged to use their imagination and come up with a new model combining the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® 31313 set and a single Technic set. This gave rise to the very first #ROBOTREMIX.
Today, I am proud to announce that we are on our sixth remix series. The makers were challenged to combine LEGO® MINDSTORMS 31313 with LEGO® Technic Forest Machine (42080). Many amazing ideas were proposed, and based -
Blog postLEGO World Copenhagen 2019
LEGO World was held at Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark between February 14-17. Many creators from the ROBOTMAK3RS community were featured at the event. One of the highlights was a visit by the owner of the LEGO Group, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen.
Marc-André Bazergui brought with him his newest creation, FLAG5. Visitors to the booth were able to select a flag using a dial and the MINDSTORMS arm moved to the correct flag and waved it. David Lechner brou -
Blog postRobot Remix #5 - Hungry HippoBy Joe Meno
Are you hungry for a brand new game?
Hungry Hippo is a cross between LEGO MINDSTORMS 31313 and LEGO Technic 42076. The two sets are combined to recreate an electronic version of the very popular children's game called "Hungry Hungry Hippos." The goal of the game is to see which player "eats" the most balls.
In this MINDSTORMS version, a single player plays against the EV3.
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Blog postFood Truck by Young-jun YIRobot Remixes offer new possibilities for your MINDSTORMS set. The Food Truck Robot Remix is a combination of the LEGO MINDSTORMS 31313 set and LEGO Technic 42076 set. It was created by Young-jun YI, a ROBOTMAKER from Korea.
Using MINDSTORMS, the Technic Hovercraft set is brought to life.The Design Phase:
Young-jun came up with the idea to create a MINDSTORMS food truck when he saw the two sets. He was inspired by the propellers and linear actuators i -
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Cr3am Rouletteby Andreas Baumgart
This is the introduction to my RobotRemix#4 Cr3am Roulette, which was created using the LEGO MINDSTORMS 31313 and LEGO Technic Air Race Jet 42066 sets.
Cr3am Roulette is pure fun! And you will wish but one thing while playing this game: "Please, let it not be me!“I came up with the idea when I saw a video of the a board game called "PieFace“ on YouTube. I thought to myself, "I have -
Blog postChinese New Year falls on the 5th of February this year. Are you ready to celebrate with good food, good friends...and of course, some MINDSTORMS robots?
In the Chinese calendar, each year is associated in an animal from the Chinese Zodiac, and this year is the Year of the Pig.
Celebrate Year of the Pig with MINDSTORMS:So let's get started with a MINDSTORMS pig by Coder Shah, called PORK3R. This fun creation can walk forward and backward, and its head bobs up and down when it -
Blog postOne Set, Infinite Possibilities: Meet Coder ShahA LEGO MINDSTORMS set brings with it infinite possibilities. There are five robots featured on the box: EV3RSTORM, TRACK3R, SPIK3R, R3PTAR, and GRIPP3R. When you are done with those you can start to build the twelve bonus models, ranging from a printer to a silly robot named, KRAZ3.
LEGO is a building block, meant to be built, taken apart and built again. The LEGO MINDSTORMS 31313 set is no different. STEM trainer, Ahma -
Blog postThe PLAN3 by Ahmad Sahar
This Robot Remix is a combination ofthe LEGO MINDSTORMS Set 31313 &LEGO Technic 42076
The Design Phase: When I saw the announcement, I immediately checked out the Technic set that was going to be used. Set 42076 is a LEGO Technic Hovercraft, carrying a small truck with interesting mechanisms such as a ramp, a crane, and engines.
I used these elements as my inspiration for the design of my aeroplane. The -
Blog postFan created logo designed by Marina Stamboli, Greece
In honor of LEGO® MINDSTORMS 20th ANNIVERSARY the LEGO HOUSE in Billund, Denmark held an exhibition from Sept 1st to 16th 2018. Of course there was also the traditional celebration cake for all the employees that have been involved with MINDSTORMS throughout the years.
#MINDSTORMS20 Celebration cake, Billund, DenmarkThe large MINDSTORMS familyThe exhibit featuring 20 years of creations from fan around the wo -
Blog postCATFISH by Anton VanhouckeThis Robot Remix is a combination of theLEGO MINDSTORMS Set 31313 & LEGO Technik 42076. The inspiration for the catfish comes from the amazing fishes of Professor IkuoYamato
The Design Phase :
I began with a drawing. Then, I made crude prototypes to test a lot of different mechanisms andweight distributions quickly. I also invested a lot of time in a propuls -
Blog postSPIROMONST3R by Guiherme ConstantinoThis Robot Remix is a combination of the LEGO MINDSTORMS set 31313 & LEGO Technic 42066 Air Race Jet. For this remix design, Guiherme Constantino designed a spirograph. A spirograph is a geometric drawing toy that produces curves. A traditional spirograph requires the user to move their pen in a gear wheel. This remix version is powered by LEGO MINDSTORMS.
SPIROMONST3R was displayed at STACK IT in the United
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