Archives for the 'Lego' Category
Intelligent Instruments
Published on 6 Oct 2007 at 6:24 pm.
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Filed under Computation, Exploration, Intelligent Systems, Inventions, Lego, NXT, Programming, Research, Robotics, Technology.
One of my main research thrusts recently has been my work on desiging intelligent instruments. The idea is to develop truly autonomous scientific platforms. Such systems would be able to explore the surface of the more distant worlds such as Europa or Titan, or dive deep into the oceans on Earth to search for undersea [...]
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Announcing Launch of BrickEngineer.com
Published on 4 Oct 2007 at 2:07 am.
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Filed under Intelligent Systems, Inventions, Lego, Programming, Robotics, Software, Technology.
Today I launched a new website called http://BrickEngineer.com/pages
This page is devoted to designing machines, instruments and robots with LEGOs. Like all sites, it will slowly grow. It is not much to speak of right now, but I have plans for tutorials on topics including: gear designs, computer-aided design and animation, robotics, and machine-learning systems.
If LEGOs [...]
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LEGO Geneva Mechanism Instructions
Published on 23 Sep 2007 at 12:18 am.
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Filed under Fun, Inventions, Lego, NXT, Robotics.
Some time ago, I posted a little LEGO invention of mine, which implements the Geneva Mechanism. The Geneva Mechanism takes continuous rotary motion and converts it to intermittent rotations. This mechanism is used in film projectors to advance the film frame by frame.
The instructions for building this mechanism can be downloaded in this zip file.
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12 Output LEGO Motor Multiplexer
Published on 23 Aug 2007 at 1:34 am.
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Filed under Inventions, Lego, Robotics.
Some of the limitations of the LEGO NXT system are related to the fact that, without electronic multiplexers, one can only control three motors with the NXT brick. This individual introduces a mechanical NXT multiplexer that uses two motors but provides 12 outputs!
I have thought about linear designs of this sort, but a rotary design is [...]
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LEGO NXT Rocker-Bogie Suspension
Published on 24 Jun 2007 at 2:59 am.
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Filed under Exploration, Intelligent Systems, Inventions, Lego, NXT, Research, Robotics.
I have just uploaded three videos of a LEGO NXT rover that uses the rocker-bogie suspension system employed by the current Mars rovers. This design is based heavily on the design presented by Brian Bagnall in his book Maximum Lego NXT: Building Robots with Java Brains
I described the rocker-bogie suspension system in a previous post. The [...]
