A collection of robot projects and experiments.
This is my simple SPIKE Prime Building Instructions. It is very quick to build and uses very few pieces. This makes it useful in a classroom setting as it means that teachers can spend less...
Backstory At the VEX World Championships in 2016, I was really lucky to have the opportunity to drive around Steve Hassenplug’s full sized VEX R2D2. As I was doing it, I was amazed at how e...
Every year we have a LEGO fan expo and I love to make creations that are interactive. All too often kids are not allowed to touch anything at these expos and so they love it when they have ...
My RileyRover is my favourite build when I’m working with groups over more than just a session or two as it relatively sturdy and has a lot of great places to add attachments and modificati...
Most people know that I’m a big fan of simple robots in the classroom. While the more elaborate ones look great, I’m all for having a design that is quick to build with as few parts as possi...
I was recently asked to update my popular NXT sequencer for an EV3 version, so here it is! The build is pretty simple and can be made by either the Home (31313) or Education (45544) versions...
Did you find this build useful? Consider donating to help keep this site running! This is my simple EV3 robot design. It is very quick to build, uses very few pieces and has interchangeable ...
Here is my version of a NXT-Crane Hybrid. Using the LEGO NXT Mindstorms system and the #8292 cherry picker. Click the link for lots more photos and information Mechanical Adjustments The fi...
This was a video I put together to show how a simple leg mechanism can be built with LEGO parts. Six of these legs combined then give a very basic hexapod robot. In the video, I have 1 moto...
The robot I worked on for my PhD. We were looking at modelling the human cerebellum in order to ‘teach’ the robot how to walk. ...
This sideshow alley clown game was built with just the parts from the NXT2.0 Kit. No sensor and just 1 motors, but a fun game none-the-less. The clown is a little scary, but the best I coul...
This robot design was inspired by the amazing creations of Theo Jansen. The leg design is based on a six bar linkage which I best found explained at http://www.mechanicalspider.com/ ...
A robot that deals cards for poker. This robot deals from the bottom of the pack using an NXT wheel to draw out a card. A second NXT wheel spinning 5 times quicker then ‘spits’ out the card...
This robot samples any loud sounds and keeps track of the time between each. It then plays back the rhythm by tapping on a plastic container. The code is written in NXC and is a good exampl...









