My Blocks: The Basics – BrickJournal Issue 36

This article first appeared in BrickJournal Issue 36, 2015My Blocks - The basics. My Blocks are a way to represent lots of instructions with just a single block.


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Adding Personality to Your Robot – BrickJournal Issue 35

This article first appeared in BrickJournal Issue 35, 2015 Adding Personality. While it great achievement to get your robot up and moving, and an even better achievement to have…


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The Perils of Dead Reckoning – Brickjournal Issue 33

This article first appeared in BrickJournal Issue 33, 2015The perils of Dead Reckoning! It is common for many teams when competing in Robotics competitions to rely heavily on…


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Powered Attachments – BrickJournal Issue 32

This article first appeared in BrickJournal Issue 32, 2015 If you’ve been following along with our previous articles, you’ll be familiar with making your robot drive around, as…


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Using the Color Sensor – BrickJournal Issue 31

This article first appeared in BrickJournal Issue 31, 2014 When using just the Move Steering blocks, we are always directing the robot to do a specific set of movements.  This is…


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Programming Turns for Your Robot – BrickJournal Issue 30

This article appeared in BrickJournal Issue 30, 2014In the last installment of the MINDSTORMS articles we looked at how to program your robot to drive in a straight line.  And…


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RileyRover – Brickjournal Issue 28

This article first appeared in BrickJournal Issue 28, 2014One of the most important commands we can give a robot, especially a moving robot, are commands that tell the motors what…


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How thin a line, can the EV3 detect?

So there was a question that came through the EV3 Facebook group by Ana  "Hello! Has anyone tested (or is there any documentation about) the line width that the EV3 light / color…


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Arduino Student Workshop

In late 2017 I got the chance to work with some amazing Grade 9 students in Far North Queensland for a 2 day Arduino Workshop. Day 1: Learn the basics of the Arduino system,…


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VEX IQ – R2D2


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