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New Cycles of Dr. E’s Challenges Are Here

  • 7 February 201930 March 2020
  • BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas
  • News
Posted by Barbara Bratzel
Dr. E’s WeDo Challenges and Dr. E’s MINDSTORMS Challenges encourage students from around the world to solve open-ended LEGO robotics challenges and post their solutions for other students to see. Dr. E’s MINDSTORMS Challenges Here are […]

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New Cycles of Dr. E’s Challenges Are Here

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

Hour of Code With Robotics

  • 2 December 201824 July 2020
  • Cross-Platform, EV3, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas
  • News
Posted by Wayne Burnett
The Hour of Code is a global initiative to introduce young people (and those young at heart) to computer science. The Hour of Code takes place during Computer Science Education Week, which is held annually […]

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Hour of Code With Robotics

  • Cross-Platform, EV3, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas
  • News

Privacy Policy

  • 30 November 201830 November 2018
Posted by Rob Torok
Who we are Our website address is: http://www.legoengineering.com. What personal data we collect and why we collect it Comments When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, […]

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LEGO for the Blind: Touching the Untouchable

  • 29 November 201830 March 2020
  • Big Ideas
  • Reflections
Posted by Guest Contributor
By guest contributor, Matthew Shifrin, a blind LEGO builder. It was the morning of my thirteenth birthday, and I was filled with the usual birthday excitement. I was most eager to see my friend Lilya. […]

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LEGO for the Blind: Touching the Untouchable

  • Big Ideas
  • Reflections

Alternative Programming Languages for LEGO MINDSTORMS

  • 29 November 20182 April 2019
  • EV3, NXT, RCX
  • Reference
Posted by Wayne Burnett
For anyone getting started with LEGO MINDSTORMS, the EV3 Software provides a great introduction to programming, but sooner or later you and your students might be ready for something different. For example, one option is […]

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Alternative Programming Languages for LEGO MINDSTORMS

  • EV3, NXT, RCX
  • Reference

Using Video to Assess Robotics Students

  • 21 November 20181 May 2020
  • Cross-Platform
  • Big Ideas
  • Pedagogy
Posted by Ian Chow-Miller
It’s okay to fail, you’re on camera! My school is in a 1:1 iPad district. Every student in our district from 2nd through 12th grade is given an iPad for use in school. As the […]

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Using Video to Assess Robotics Students

  • Cross-Platform
  • Big Ideas
  • Pedagogy

Cranes

  • 19 November 201821 November 2018
  • Cross-Platform, EV3
  • Challenge Ideas
Posted by Katie
In this series of challenges, students will design and build motorized crane that uses a pulley and a string to lift and lower heavy objects. They can incorporate gears into the design to provide enough […]

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Cranes

  • Cross-Platform, EV3
  • Challenge Ideas

Harvey Mk II: Improved Quick EV3 Robot Build

  • 27 September 20182 April 2019
  • EV3
  • Challenge Ideas
  • How To
Posted by John Burfoot
Harvey Mk II is an improved version of the ever-popular Harvester quick EV3 robot build that was published in 2013. This version features improved stability and has more LEGO connection holes for external attachments. Building instructions: […]

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Harvey Mk II: Improved Quick EV3 Robot Build

  • EV3
  • Challenge Ideas
  • How To

Rapidly Prototyping Strider Ver 3 To Be Smoother, Stronger, Faster

  • 30 August 20182 April 2019
  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Reflections
Posted by Wade
This summer we used our Strider optimizer coupled with rapid prototyping in LEGO to refine its 10-bar linkage. In a tiny fraction of the time it took us to refine TrotBot’s linkage in our garage, we […]

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Rapidly Prototyping Strider Ver 3 To Be Smoother, Stronger, Faster

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Reflections

Snail Car

  • 23 August 20182 April 2019
  • BOOST, Cross-Platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas
Posted by Barbara Bratzel
Challenge Use gears to make a motorized car that moves as slowly as possible. Here are the rules: Your snail must include a power source such as an EV3 brick or WeDo hub, one or […]

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Snail Car

  • BOOST, Cross-Platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas

Ramp Climber

  • 23 August 20181 May 2020
  • BOOST, Cross-Platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas
Posted by Barbara Bratzel
The challenge Design and build a car that can climb as steep a ramp as possible. Engineers repeatedly test their creations and use the results to make improvements to their designs. As you test your […]

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Ramp Climber

  • BOOST, Cross-Platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas

Meet the Creator: Akiyuki Kawaguchi

  • 29 May 201820 December 2018
  • Big Ideas
Posted by Asha
Akiyuki Kawaguchi is a twenty-seven year old engineer from Japan. He is well-known for his clever Great Ball Contraption (GBC) modules and sorting machines. He uses mostly LEGO Technic and MINDSTORMS in his creations. He […]

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Meet the Creator: Akiyuki Kawaguchi

  • Big Ideas

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