Wednesday 26 February 2014

Lego Mindstorms 31313: EV3 and BrickPi




Getting started with the BrickPi;



If you’re familiar with Lego Mindstorms, then you are probably aware of all the cool projects that you can make and the educational value of such an easy-to-use robotics platform. Enter the BrickPi.
Bare BrickPi board
The BrickPi is a RasbperryPi add-on that lets you control Lego Mindstorm parts. The BrickPi stacks on top of the Raspberry Pi and accepts Lego Mindstorms motors and sensors.


BrickPi on top of a Raspberry Pi

The BrickPi allows you to control Mindstorms parts using any number of languages including CPython, and Scratch.

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CommuniToy R&D


Large soft toy hacks with recycled wooden super hero arm/gloves feet/boots, connected by an internal metal/wooden frame/skeleton; hidden art /hidden toys, might look simple from the outside, but highly complex/functional inside.

Use combination of RFID chip to provide data of the Lego brick and a webcam to create computer vision pinpoint location.

Robotic CommuniToy

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