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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
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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

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

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

EV3 TrotBot Version 2: Inspired by a Galloping Horse

4 May 201718 May 2017
    • Cross-platform
    • Challenge ideas
    • Reflections
 1Posted 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

A Week in the Life #12: Dr. E’s Challenges – Robot Monsters!

9 Feb 201723 Feb 2017
    • EV3
    • Challenge ideas
    • Pedagogy
    • Reflections
 1Posted by Ian Chow-Miller
I teach an introductory course using the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 set. My students are 7th graders who are required to take the course and may not necessarily have any background in programming/building. My school is […]

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A Week in the Life #12: Dr. E’s Challenges – Robot Monsters!

  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections

DIY Walkers: Strider

29 Jan 20177 Feb 2017
    • Cross-platform
    • Challenge ideas
    • Reflections
 1Posted by Ben Vagle
Strider is an entry-level walker we created when we were trying to discover a linkage mechanism that mimicked the gait of a galloping horse for TrotBot. We explored many options, and one of them led to Strider […]

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DIY Walkers: Strider

  • Cross-platform
  • Challenge ideas
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DIY Walkers: TrotBot using EV3

28 Dec 20167 Feb 2017
    • EV3
    • Challenge ideas
    • Reflections
 2Posted by Ben Vagle
In my previous post, I shared some of my exploration of walking mechanisms using mainly LEGO Technic. Here is a MINDSTORMS EV3 version I have just built. The challenge with this build was maximizing performance […]

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DIY Walkers: TrotBot using EV3

  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reflections

DIY Walkers: Explorations of the TrotBot walking mechanism

2 Nov 20167 Feb 2017
    • Cross-platform
    • Challenge ideas
    • Reflections
 3Posted by Ben Vagle
I was part of the team that developed the TrotBot linkage mechanism in LEGO, and then helped to scale it up to the size of a minivan. We gained a ton of knowledge from the […]

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DIY Walkers: Explorations of the TrotBot walking mechanism

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A Week in the Life #10: Candy Sorter

27 Jun 201630 Mar 2017
    • EV3
    • Challenge ideas
    • Pedagogy
    • Reflections
 8Posted by Ian Chow-Miller
I teach an introductory course using the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 set. My students are 7th graders who are required to take the course and may not necessarily have any background in programming/building. My school is […]

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A Week in the Life #10: Candy Sorter

  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections

A Week in the Life #9: Walk This Way…

23 Nov 201514 Dec 2017
    • Pedagogy
    • Reflections
 4Posted by Ian Chow-Miller
I teach an introductory course using the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 set. My students are 7th graders who are required to take the course and may not necessarily have any background in programming/building. My school is […]

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A Week in the Life #9: Walk This Way…

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