Lego Mindstorms EV3

Building EV3RSTORM, Mindstorms’ Flagship Robot

Building EV3RSTORM, Mindstorms’ Flagship Robot

EV3RSTORM is the name of Lego Mindstorms EV3’s signature humanoid robot… as in, the one that decorates the front of a rather pricey package. It goes without saying, then, that Lego put a lot of work into the model.

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Lego Mindstorms EV3 Most Useless Machine

Lego Mindstorms EV3 Most Useless Machine

Laurens Valk built this quick & dirty “most useless machine” with a Lego Mindstorms EV3 set. It consists of a touch sensor acting as a switch and a servo motor resetting the switch every time it’s pulled. It’s a machine with no purpose other than to shut itself off!

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Sleek New Design

12 Surprising Details About Lego Mindstorms EV3

Yesterday I unboxed the new Lego Mindstorms EV3 set, and even before powering on the microcontroller brick, I’d noticed a number of interesting changes, both great and unfortunate, as compared with the previous set, called Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0.

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Lego Mindstorms EV3 Unboxing Video

Lego Mindstorms EV3 Unboxing Video

This video by EV3 developer Laurens Valk shows you what you get in the box. The word on the street is that the Technic parts are mostly the same as previous sets, with the EV3 microcontroller brick showing the most changes.

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