The Lego Mindstorms series of kits contain software and hardware to create customizable and programmable robots. They include an intelligent brick computer that controls the system, a set of modular sensors and motors, and Lego parts from the Technic line to create the mechanical systems.
Description
My first robot built with Lego was a humanoid robot (Figure 1) in which I implemented a walking.
Figure 1: humanoid robot.I also built a robot for the Teleoperation and Telepresence subject at the Master Degree in Robotics and Automation. This robot was a teleoperated manipulator (Figure 2) with a 3-axis gyroscope sensor as a remote control.
Figure 2: teleoperated robotic manipulator.My last robot was a four wheels car (Figure 3) that I built along with my team for the Mobile Robots subject also in the Master degree. For this robot we design from the scratch a robotic car using the Lego design program. After that, we developed a real and simulated system for mapping environments based in ROS.
Figure 3: four wheels carHere is a video showing how the robot works producing a map in real-time using ROS.