And More Updates...

Hey all! I hope you had a great Christmas and New Year! I am now back from an overseas trip and I will quickly post a few recent updates:

NXTLog Robotic Arm Challenge

This challenge invites you to create:

* The bionic arm of tomorrow
* A robotic arm designed with many of degrees of freedom (See NXTLog link for more details on Degrees of Freedom))
* An industrial robotic arm
* A just for fun robotic arm

The robotic arm you create can be autonomous (with a progrom) or manually operated via remote control!

Competitiors have untill February 28, 2010 to submit their project, which also needs to be tagged with"roboticarm" to participate in the challenge!

I have submitted my Lunar Mineral Sorter - Static.

--> NXTLog Robotic Arm Challenge Page

The Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Book Repository


This book repository manged by David J. Perdue has been updated with some of the latest NXT books

--> Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Book Repository

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I hope to get back into NXTing soon!

LA

NXTLog Snap Bot Building Challenge

Hey all, a quick update: The NXTLog Snap Lock Building Challenge is out! The aim of this challenge is to build a robot using the least amount of parts possible - see main details below:

Main Challenge Details:

* Make a robot using the least amount of parts possible

* Robot must fit into one of four catergories:

Animals
Humanoid
Machines
Vehicles

* You may enter from Tuesday September 1, 2009 – Saturday October 31, 2009

* All projects must be tagged: snapbot

* Usual NXTLog terms apply - the judging criteria can be found on the official NXTLog page using the link at the end of this post

I will upload and post about the robot I have built for this challenge this weekend!

--> NXTLog Snap Bot Challenge Page

LA