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  • IUPUI MEAP Summer Camp 2010: Lego Mindstorm Robots

    The on-going project that the students worked on each day was preparing for the Lego Mindstorm NXT Sumo Robot Competition. Lego Mindstorms is a programmable robotics kit that utilizes the NXT, an intelligent, computer-controlled Lego brick that enables the robot to perform different operations. The students were divided into teams and challenged to program their…

  • TRIPLE ACTION SOLAR CAR Toy Car Review Solar Powered Teaching Aid

    This is a Solar Kit I got for Christmas from Denise:-) It is pretty cool and cost less that $40. You can find sellers on the internet. WORTH BUYING. Thought it was worth sharing. PRODUCT INFO: Triple Action Solar Car Robot Kit from OWI Robots Sleek, powerful, unearthly, and very cool… this futuristic solar car…

  • Intel/UW “Gambit” robot arm at AAAI-2010 (part 1)

    Intel and the University of Washington’s new robot arm, “Gambit”, playing chess at AAAI-2010, August 13 in Atlanta. Duration : 0:0:19

  • Realego – Tic Tac Toe

    Cross Reality: Lego Mindstorm vs Second Life Our project mixed real and virtual realities using different technologies (Mindstorm from Lego, Java, Arduino, Wiimote, Second Life, Mindstorms). Proof of concept with the game Tic Tac Toe. Laboratory: Second Lab – Groupware @ PUC-Rio Project: Realego http://secondlab.wikispaces.com/Realego Researchers: – Katia Canepa – Gustavo Carvalho Duration : 0:1:6

  • A simple robot platform

    A simple robot platform Duration : 0:1:1

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