The success of Lego's Mindstorms NXT has been one of the main contributing factors to the widespread interest in robotics. NXT enthusiasts of all ages have created some of the coolest designs, even ...

If you enjoyed the Wall-E Disney movie that was launched back in 2008 and directed by Andrew Stanton, you are likely familiar with the charming story of a small robot called Wall-E, or Waste ...

Those little Lego robots you've been building just became much more powerful. Willow Garage recently announced that it designed code to link the popular Lego Mindstorms NXT to the formidable Robot ...

Check out this amazing Lego Wall-E trash collecting robot from NXT Mindstorms hacker, BlueToothWiki. This cool Lego Wall-E robot uses an ultrasonic sensor, it spots the trash and then verifies that it ...

Self-balancing robots are pretty cool, but sometimes a bit too complex to make. [HippoDevices] shows us that it’s really not that hard, and you can even do it with Lego NXT and an Android device!

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 ...

Marc Garcia needs to make sure that his Lego NXT robot will not only knock the corn out of the machine but also efficiently scoop it up and return to base. He’s a leader of Jupiter, one of two teams ...

Steve Hassenplug is sitting in a van with seven other people on the way to a Lego convention in Washington, DC, explaining the limitations of Lego’s previous robot-building kit, called Mindstorms. "It ...

REDMOND, Wash.--Steve Hassenplug must not sleep very much. The Lafayette, Ind., software engineer is a member of the Lego Mindstorms NXT developer program, and even among the hard-core Lego fanatics ...

Many tech-savvy kids can operate a smartphone before they can swim or make their own meals. If the folks behind Lego Mindstorms have their way, they'll be creating robots before doing those other ...