The LEGO Group will announce their latest innovation of LEGO MINDSTORMS this week at the international Consumer Electronics Show (CES). LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3, the successor of NXT, continues the popular LEGO MINDSTORMS product line, and it’s better than ever. The new EV3 system makes it easy to start building robots in no time. Beginning users...

That’s right – $17.97 for the print Discovery Book (and free ebook!). That’s a better offer than Amazon, so get it while you can. They’ve got the new LEGO Technic Builder’s Guide as well! Update: This offer has expired!

Remember the MinuteBot Baseplate Kickstarter project? It was funded successfully, so the base plates have been turned into a real product. I’ve received a few plates last week as part of the pledge I made to the project. I’m quite satisfied with the quality of the product. They’re strong and hold LEGO pieces well. Obviously,...

Some great ideas don’t make it to production stage. But the MinuteBot Baseplate did, and it looks promising. By popular demand, they chose to change the color from red to light grey. These should soon be available for purchase on their website. A few of these are coming my way, so I hope to review...

In this post I would like to share the reports of the RiSE workshops held in Ghana, 2011. RiSE stands for Robotics Inspired Science Education. The following excerpt from the report describes briefly what RiSE is about. The mission of Ghana Robotics Academy Foundation (GRAF) is to design accessible and innovative programs that will excite...

This book (by John Baichtal et all) shows you how to combine the Arduino with LEGO NXT Components. As far as I can tell, this will teach you how to replace your NXT controller by an arduino — not combine them. Still pretty cool! From the description: Make amazing robots and gadgets by combining two...

A new third party LEGO electronics developer has just released the Upcore G1. The device can be used to control Power Functions over Bluetooth. This way you can control your LEGO creations over Bluetooth from your smartphone – without the need of an NXT. Upcore G1 can control up to 3 motors with proportional speed...

NASA Astronaut Don Pettit gets creative with an educational LEGO kit aboard the International Space Station. The instructions are clear: don’t follow the instructions. Making your own foam satellites is made easy. The only requirement is that you’re aboard a satellite…

The MinuteBot Base Kick Starter funding successfully completed last Monday! Well done, backers! This means that production will start soon. Backers are expected to receive their baseplates this summer. Above you see a picture of what the base looks like right now. They’re still discussing the color it will be. Note that the size has...

The WifiBlock for Lego Mindstorms NXT by HumaRobotics is now available. The folks over at HumaRobotics have used it on the Anyway, making it possible to remotely control the balancing robot over WiFi. One of those sensors is on its way here. Check back here in a while to see new projects… powered by the...