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Reflections on Vassilis Chryssanthakopoulos

27 Mar 201827 Mar 2018
    • Big ideas
    • Reflections
 2Posted by Asha
Vassilis Chryssanthakopoulos was an internationally acclaimed LEGO robotics designer and a MINDSTORMS Community Partner (MCP). He realized his dream of creating an innovative educational concept  though the creation of blast in 2015. In 2017, he extended […]

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Reflections on Vassilis Chryssanthakopoulos

  • Big ideas
  • Reflections

DIY Walkers: Klann’s Mechanical Spider

26 Mar 201828 Mar 2018
    • Cross-platform
    • Challenge ideas
    • Reflections
 0Posted by Ben Vagle
This creation is a LEGO-based version of Klann’s Mechanical Spider, which makes use of one of the best known walking mechanisms, the Klann linkage. The Klann linkage was designed by mechanical engineer Joe Klann and […]

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DIY Walkers: Klann’s Mechanical Spider

  • Cross-platform
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reflections

EV3 Sensors

22 Mar 201827 Mar 2018
    • EV3
    • Challenge ideas
    • Reference
 0Posted by John Burfoot
Sensors provide robots with information about their environment. With the sensors that come with the EV3, you can make a robot respond to being touched, react when someone or something comes too close, follow a line, […]

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EV3 Sensors

  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reference

Meet the Creator: Lee Magpili

27 Feb 201827 Feb 2018
    • Big ideas
 0Posted by Asha
Lee Magpili is a LEGO Education Designer who lives in Billund, Denmark.  Lee was the lead model designer for the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 Core Set. He is also well-known for many large creations including EVan, SI3RRA, […]

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Meet the Creator: Lee Magpili

  • Big ideas

New Dr E’s MINDSTORMS and WeDo Challenges

13 Feb 2018
    • BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
    • Challenge ideas
    • News and Events
 0Posted by Barbara Bratzel
Dr. E’s WeDo Challenges and Dr. E’s MINDSTORMS Challenges have launched new cycles of challenges, one each month from February through May. Created by Professor Ethan Danahy of Tufts University, these sites encourage students from around the world to find creative solutions […]

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New Dr E’s MINDSTORMS and WeDo Challenges

  • BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
  • News and Events

Does LEGO BOOST have a place in education?

20 Jan 2018
    • BOOST
    • Review
 1Posted by Barbara Bratzel
LEGO BOOST was released in 2017,  joining MINDSTORMS and WeDo in the LEGO robotics line-up. Unlike those two products, BOOST was designed solely for the retail market. BOOST has received rave reviews and a number […]

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Does LEGO BOOST have a place in education?

  • BOOST
  • Review

Using PocketLab with Simple & Powered Machines

16 Nov 201722 Dec 2017
    • Machines & Mechanisms
    • Challenge ideas
    • Reflections
 0Posted by Susan Bitetti
What happens when you pair LEGO Education’s Simple & Powered Machines set with a pocket-sized all-in-one set of sensors? This summer, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach hosted a group of science and technology […]

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Using PocketLab with Simple & Powered Machines

  • Machines & Mechanisms
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reflections

Meet the Creator: Anton Vanhoucke

16 Nov 201716 Nov 2017
    • Big ideas
 0Posted by Asha
Anton Vanhoucke is from Delft, the Netherlands. He is an online strategist at Fabrique, a strategic design agency, developing new services and communication strategies. Anton has always wanted to be an inventor and combines his love […]

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Meet the Creator: Anton Vanhoucke

  • Big ideas

Insights from the Robodogs Robotics Summer Camp

19 Oct 2017
    • Cross-platform, EV3
    • Challenge ideas
    • Pedagogy
    • Reflections
 1Posted by Aaron Maurer
How do you design a robotics camp that pushes the envelope for repeat customers while also keeping the learning entry low enough for new students to feel success? How do you come up with new […]

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Insights from the Robodogs Robotics Summer Camp

  • Cross-platform, EV3
  • Challenge ideas
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections

Hexapod TrotBot: A classroom-friendly DIY walker

19 Oct 201719 Oct 2017
    • Cross-platform
    • Challenge ideas
    • Reflections
 0Posted by Ben Vagle
I recently had an internship at the University of Denver’s Innovation Floor, where I wrote curriculum on walking machines geared toward a middle school audience. I’m going to pilot this curriculum by teaching a class […]

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Hexapod TrotBot: A classroom-friendly DIY walker

  • Cross-platform
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reflections

New cycle of Dr. E’s WeDo and MINDSTORMS challenges

23 Sep 201723 Sep 2017
    • BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
    • Challenge ideas
    • News
 0Posted by Barbara Bratzel
A new season of Dr. E’s Challenges starts on October 1st. This season’s first challenge, Tool for School, is the same for both the WeDo and MINDSTORMS sites. Tool for School: Make a tool to aid you at school—a […]

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New cycle of Dr. E’s WeDo and MINDSTORMS challenges

  • BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
  • News

Why doesn’t my robot drive straight?

21 Sep 201714 Dec 2017
    • Cross-platform, EV3
    • Featured
    • How to
    • Pedagogy
 1Posted by Rob Torok
It seems reasonable to expect that when you program a robot to drive straight, it should just work. And, of course, this is what the Move Steering block in the EV3 Software is designed to do. The Move Steering block makes use of […]

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Why doesn’t my robot drive straight?

  • Cross-platform, EV3
  • Featured
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