http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Mindstorms Posts tagged with 'Mindstorms' at MetaFilter. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:42:49 -0800 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:42:49 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/77129/Nerd%2Dtrifecta <a href="http://www.tiltedtwister.com/">A robot made out of Lego bricks that solves a Rubik's cube.</a> Video of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fAn5A0HbhU">robot in action</a>. Includes <a href="http://www.tiltedtwister.com/download.html">full blueprints for building and source code</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.77129 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:42:49 -0800 lego mindstorms nerdporn robot rubik rubikscube tiltedtwister grouse http://www.metafilter.com/57643/A%2Drace%2Dof%2Datomic%2Dsupermen%2Dwhich%2Dwill%2Dconquer%2Dthe%2Dworld <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/user/23392"><i>An' all the hot cats on the block</i></a> <i>have been <a href="http://www.battlebots.com/meet_the_robots3/meet_robot_specs.asp?id=47">doing it too</a> - c'mon now, honey, <a href="http://www.botmag.com/articles/irobot_create.shtml">I wanna do it with you</a>.</i> Anyone hoping to build their own <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbf2Sxr-luI&mode=related&search=">Death Probe</a> without <a href="http://www.pvrblog.com/pvr/2003/09/roomba_hacking.html">dismantling the vaccum cleaner</a> or <a href="http://www.streettech.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1589&mode=flat&order=0&thold=1">floor waxer</a> can rejoice. The creators of Roomba and Scooba have released a <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070110-8586.html">barebones version</a>. Add-on <a href="http://lemonodor.com/archives/001403.html">software from Microsoft</a> is available, should <a href="http://www.doctorwhoworld.org.uk/davros.html">more ambitious types</a> decide to pair iRobot's tech with <a href="http://rubyforge.org/projects/lego-mindstorms/">LEGO MindStorms</a> pieces. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.57643 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:51:36 -0800 adamsavage asavage atomic battlebot blendo create dalek daleks davros irobot lego machine machines mechanical microsoft mindstorms robot roomba software supermen technology vaccum Smart Dalek http://www.metafilter.com/57503/LEGO%2Dbuilding%2DLEGO While <a href="http://www.openthefuture.com/2007/01/robofactory.html">thinking about nanotechnology</a>, Jamais Cascio found a six-minute YouTube video of a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ3AcPEPbH0&NR">LEGO Mindstorms factory that builds a LEGO car</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.57503 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:24:22 -0800 cascio jamais kind_of_anticlimactic LEGO Mindstorms nanotechnology cgc373