Robotic Spider Melds Legos and 3-D Printing
February 5th, 2010 admin
Topics: Geek, hacks, mods and diy, klann, legos, linkage, mindstorms, printing, robotics, spider, Wired
Lego’s programmable robotics set Mindstorms is a fun toy for computing enthusiasts but if you really want to take it to the next level, check out Mark Weller’s project. Weller, a machinist and technician at the McCoy School of Engineering at Midwestern State University, combined milled plastic pieces with the basic Lego Mindstorms set to create a robotic spider that can crawl and turn. “I wanted to open students’ minds to go beyond ‘let’s put the parts together and program the robot,’” he says. “This project is more than sticking the wheels on a Lego set.” The school uses Lego Mindstorms to introduce freshman students to robotics. The spider robot’s…
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