Compact Chimney Climber

Compact Chimney Climber from the Discovery Book

Most NXT contraptions that move with wheels go forwards, backwards, left, or right. This robot can do none of this, but instead it can go up and down. This robot is featured in Chapter 15 of the Discovery Book.

Balancing with the Color Sensor

Other chimney climbers in this series:

Every time I created a new climber, I tried to tackle a new design challenge, to make the robots faster, stronger, more stable and smarter. Follow the links below, and read the pages in order to learn about my findings in the design process.


Video
I never made a video of this robot, but I found this video on Youtube made by one of the readers. Start at 12 seconds in the video.

Building and Programming this Robot
Instructions for building and programming this robot are included in The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Discovery Book. It can be built with just the pieces in the NXT 2.0 kit.

21 Responses
  1. Darrin

    Hey Laurens- after exhausting every page of your “Discovery” book, I just had to get the “Inventor’s Guide” book. I’m working through it now and looking forward to learning from your other projects. The CCC was one of my favorites.

          1. daniel

            thanks i just figured it out and i needed help for the programing, its just that i couldnt find the label and now i did

      1. gil rahav

        Hi Laurens!
        I bought the disovery book & it’s amazing book.
        i built the ccc robot but i don’t know how to program it.
        where can i find a ready rbt for the ccc?
        i googled it bit nothing also here.
        pls share a link with me or the file by email

        thanks in advanced

        Gil Rahav

        1. Gil,

          If you built it, you must have the book, which also contains the programming instructions. (?)

          If you use the menu at the top of the page, or if you read two comments down, you’ll find a link to the download page.

          Laurens

    1. Checked means that you should put a check mark in the check box. If you’re having trouble with the program, just download the ready made program from this site. (Books > Discovery Book > Downloads).

  2. Flip

    help plze i have the kindle fire adition of the book but the bages on kindle fireare way diffrent from the real book so i cant answer the questions to get to downloads programs so i dont know what page its on the kindle fire help me plze

    dont email me back

  3. Hugh

    Very cool robot! I’ve built it, but it is just too boring to program it. Do you know where the link is so I can just download the program?

  4. Kenan

    Du bist mein Idol. Ich hab EV3 zum 12. Geburtstag bekommen und dein Buch. Dein Buch ist Klasse! Laurens kannst du auch einen Roboter bauen, der einen Rubics Cube lösen kann. Wenn ich fragen darf, was hast du studiert, um so gut zu sein? Wie gesagt, du bist mein Idol.

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