Perhaps you want to build a robot like this?

http://www.bostondynamics.com/content/sec.php?section=BigDog

Next Meeting is Sunday, Aug 3, 4:30pm-6:30pm

Hi Nanites,

Just a friendly reminder that our next meeting is Aug 3, 4:30pm.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO BEFORE THE MEETING:

• Update your research and robotic projects using Google Doc and share it with the team. Most of you haven't done it. Please do hurry up. Thanks Danny for being the only one that started doing that.
  

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING TO THE MEETING:

• Your NXT Robot and programs for your summer project. You can send your programs to me by e-mail instead of bring them with you on paper.

WHAT YOU WILL DO IN THE MEETING:

• Each person will be given a total of 10 minutes to talk about their project(s) and receive feedback from others.
• Simon and Ida will show a couple of NXT's running the PowerPuzzle missions.
• We will brainstorm what might be good research and robotic ideas for the 2008 season.
• We may have a guest/observer to evaluate our team.
  

If you have not shared your projects on Google Doc yet, please do it soon so we can know more about your projects before we meet.
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to send them by e-mail.

Thanks, Kingsum

NXT can be used for FTC competitions (middle-high school) starting this year

See details here

1. http://www.legoeducation.com/community/9/blogs/legoeducation/archive/2008/05/30/first-reveals-new-ftc-robotics-platform.aspx
2. http://www.firsttechchallenge.blogspot.com/
3. http://www.ortop.org/Documents/FTC_At_GLANCE.pdf
   

Next Meeting: Sunday Aug 3, 4:30pm-6:30pm

Hi Nanites,

Just a friendly reminder that our next meeting is Aug 3, 4:30pm.

If you have not shared your projects on Google Doc yet, please do it soon so we can know more about your projects before we meet.

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to send them by e-mail.

Simon and Ida will work together on the table missions and hope to show a good NXT robot when you come to our next meeting.

Thanks, Kingsum

Summer Projects are being added

The Nanites are sharing their summer projects online but they are only accessible by their team members for the time being. The projects will be made public in the fall when they are completed.

High Altitude NXT

See what a FLL team plans to send their NXT to (almost) space. Here is the link:
http://groups.google.com/group/hale-teams/web/fll-team-90-submission

They are studying UV radiation and ozone. Incidentally, two members of our own Nanites are going to research ozone as well.

Big Nanites in action

A group of simple robots can work together and do something great! See the article from IEEE:

http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jul08/6380

While they are simple robots as defined by their company, they are way more complicated than our Lego robots.

Darth Vader's NXT Apprentice: Droid Tank

This is way cool - check it out!
http://thenxtstep.blogspot.com/2008/07/clone-wars-new-star-wars-film-coming.html

The design is pretty well written. You can find it by following the link or directly here: http://mindstorms.lego.com/nxtlog/ProjectDisplay.aspx?id=8651cdc3-737f-47bd-bbd3-34c3b13731cd

Our Team Number is 497

Can you figure out if our team number is a prime number or not?