Flying Robots play James Bond … music, that is.
Very cool video that was shown at the TED conference. These bots are playing the piano, the guitar … Developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. Goal was to produce bots that could act in unison, fly to specific areas, etc. Share/Bookmark
Read MoreRobo Touch Sensor Bump Challenge. More Mindstorms fun.
From our Oakland Terrace Wed. eve Mindstorms class … ! Share/Bookmark
Read MoreOrigami bots?
Interesting vid on paper bots from Slate’s interesting series of kid-ified Science video stream. These bots are slinky! Share/Bookmark
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It’s already Halloween in some of our robotics classes!
This fall, we wanted to make absolutely sure that our Robo Challenge kids getting a chance to concentrate on their programming before letting them loose on their LEGO® boxes. So we’ve been challenging them to write certain programs, make sure they work … and then design a bot that could use that kind of a [...]
Read MoreRobot of the week: Mindstorms pancake maker!
This takes the (pan) cake. This guy used a Mindstorms NXT brick and lots of LEGO®s and two catsup bottles … to build a bot that can pour perfect Mickey Mouse pancakes every time. He also has the bot programmed to pour a perfect truck bot. Now this is something we’d love in our kitchens!!! [...]
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Hellooo Prince George’s County!
The Great Adventure Lab is now in two schools in Prince George’s County! This is great news for our instructors who live in or near PG County. If your child attends one of them, please look for our after school LEGO® Robotics programs. 1. Barack Obama Elementary School in Upper Marlboro – on the [...]
Read MoreRobot of the Day: Recycling bot eats cans and says Yummy!
Hats off to the folks at Florida Robotics for developing “Dr. R.E. (Robotic Environmental) Cycler”, a humanoid that tells you how to feed it and then says Yummy! when you feed it a can. Here’s the best part – you get to see it digesting the can through its transparent belly. Sounds gross but [...]
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