When Max Shepherd was about 10, he saw a robot arm on Lego’s mindstorms.com. It inspired him to build his own. “I built a bunch of moderately decent arms (I was in middle school, come on),” he says ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In the field of soft robotics, engineers use squishy materials to ...

This remarkably articulate robot hand was supposedly built by Lego enthusiast ‘Barman’ using two Mindstorms NXT control units, six motors, and some utterly brilliant engineering. But surely it’s from ...

It’s no secret that we at GeekTech are fans of both Lego and robots. So when the two can come together in the form of a Lego Mindstorm NXT kit, color us interested. Lego’s robot creating kit (and ...

Current Northwestern Master of Science in Robotics (MSR) student Senthil Palanisamy talks about the challenges he faced and what others can learn from his Embedded Systems in Robotics final project.

The LEGO pieces are part of the robot the team entered in the FIRST Lego League Tournament, a robotics competition designed for students ages 9 to 14. This was the first time the school entered a team ...