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Hexapod TrotBot: A classroom-friendly DIY walker

  • 19 October 201723 April 2018
  • Cross-platform
  • Challenge ideas
  • Featured
  • Reflections
Posted 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
  • Featured
  • Reflections

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

  • 23 September 201723 September 2017
  • BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
  • News
Posted 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 September 20173 May 2018
  • Cross-platform, EV3
  • How to
  • Pedagogy
Posted 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
  • How to
  • Pedagogy

Meet the Creator: Jason Allemann

  • 5 September 20177 September 2017
  • Big ideas
Posted by Asha
Jason Alleman is well known for his LEGO kinetic sculptures and unique MINDSTORMS models. He has a degree in Engineering, and enjoy building models that have some kind of interesting motion. He is an inspiration to other LEGO […]

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Meet the Creator: Jason Allemann

  • Big ideas

Meet the Creator: Arthur Sacek

  • 27 July 201716 November 2017
  • Big ideas
Posted by Asha
Arthur Sacek is a native of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has a background in product design and has worked for Zoom Education for Life for many years. He is known for his amazing LEGO machines including […]

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Meet the Creator: Arthur Sacek

  • Big ideas

Light and Dark Scavenger Hunt

  • 6 July 20173 May 2018
  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas
Posted by Rob Torok
This challenge provides a basic introduction to datalogging with EV3. Datalogging enables you to collect data from one or more sensors connected to the EV3 brick over a period of time. It is possible to […]

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Light and Dark Scavenger Hunt

  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas

Meet the Creator: Kristal Dubois

  • 4 July 201723 April 2018
  • Big ideas
  • Featured
Posted by Asha
Kristal Dubois began building with LEGO as an adult and enjoys creating intricate mechanical models. Kristal is a high school mathematics and chemistry teacher and lives with her partner, Jason, in Ottawa, Canada. Together they […]

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Meet the Creator: Kristal Dubois

  • Big ideas
  • Featured

Make Way for Ducklings

  • 23 June 20177 September 2017
  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas
Posted by Rob Torok
The classic children’s book Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey provided inspiration for a workshop at the LEGO Learning Symposium 2016. Led by the EDGErs, the workshop was intended to provide participants with an opportunity to explore some intermediate […]

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Make Way for Ducklings

  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas

Meet the Creator: Kevin Clague

  • 2 June 20177 September 2017
  • Big ideas
Posted by Asha
Kevin Clague is a Senior Principal Hardware Engineer at Oracle Corporation. He is also the head coach for Eagan Minnesota’s FIRST Tech Challenge teams. Kevin has been an avid LEGO fan since the introduction of […]

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Meet the Creator: Kevin Clague

  • Big ideas

EV3 TrotBot Version 2: Inspired by a Galloping Horse

  • 4 May 201718 May 2017
  • Cross-platform
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reflections
Posted by Ben Vagle
In the same way that it is more tiring to do lunges than it is to simply walk, robots with bumpy gaits require more power than robots with smooth gaits. This may not be a […]

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EV3 TrotBot Version 2: Inspired by a Galloping Horse

  • Cross-platform
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reflections

Meet the Creator: Yoshihito Isogawa

  • 1 May 201718 March 2018
  • Big ideas
Posted by Asha
Yoshihito Isogawa is the author of the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Idea Book and the LEGO Power Functions Idea Book series, as well as other LEGO titles. In addition to creating LEGO moving models and conducting educational […]

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Meet the Creator: Yoshihito Isogawa

  • Big ideas

Robotics challenges: Workshop handouts

  • 23 March 201717 August 2017
  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas
Posted by Rob Torok
Here are some of the challenges that I give to my robotics students that I’ve also given to teachers at various workshops. Most of these are based on classic robotics challenges. Some have previously been documented on […]

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Robotics challenges: Workshop handouts

  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas

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