Mindstorms Nxt 2.0 Instructions

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Ihad camp last week and I had a challenge to build this sorter. I built it and downloaded the mindstorms programmer to my computer. It comes with all the programs to all of the listed builds. If may be a little confusin but it is manageable.

Hey Laurens! Can you upload the program for H25? If you dont have the program, can u pls give me the opportunity to create a post, cuz i have the H25 program, i programmed it with the program turtorial from the education site. Im ten years old, almost eleven ?

Hi,

Thanks for the PDFs. Indeed, my pupils want to build the four Robot models of the EV3 core set.

Does anybody know if there is some documentation / explanation about the Programs of these models? (Not the building instructions, but for the LabView programs, which are quite complex).

THANKS !

They already provide the building instructions for free, so why not the EV3 project files to go with them? Yes, people can develop the robot programs themselves, of course, but not everyone wants to do that. Sometimes, building a robot and downloading an existing program to it is all people want to do.

Hi Laurens,

I have a question for you and i hope to get a reply from you soon. I have been assigned to build a robot using EV3 Kit 31313, and i am supposed to make a robot which uses IR sensor without IR beacon and it is capable of detecting obstacles using that IR sensor.

I would really appreciate if you would please help me with the design such that the robot is able to move forward or backward and also it is able to move its IR sensor sideways.

Thank You.

Thanks so much for sharing all the valuable content.

My daughter and I have the Home set, bought all the elements to bridge the gap between that on the Core Education set , and now have the education expansion set. She loves EV3. We are struggling to find the project code to go with all the extra robots we cannot build, e.g Elephant or Puppy. Does anyone know how we can get these? We are learning to program ourselves bit by bit, however these may be rather beyond our current level and great to see how that are crafted.

Thanks

I have taken over a school robotics program and have one computer with the education software installed. However, I can not find the programs for the projects above. I am working with our IT department to re-install the software if possible, but are the programs themselves downloadable somewhere if you have your software key?

The Mindstorms education software is now free of charge. You can login with your Lego ID and download it on the Lego education website.

This includes all building instructions and programs for both sets 45544 and 45560.

Hey Layrens

I was wondering if you could help me with the coding for the Robot Arm H25 as we school team and I have created the robot but there are so many types of coding and most of them donk work where the others just stop mid way through. Please, can you help us with this as we are trying to beat another team in the school!

Thank you for the information! I have 2 students that created the robotic arm using the program from the software and neither is working. I have looked at them both and they appear to be built correctly. When they execute the program the display does not show the question mark prompt after it initializes. I was wondering if you had any suggestions as to what a solution might be?

The whole idea started with a tiny sketch in my sketchbook. I have always been fascinated by the way animals move. On holidays in southern Europe I can forever be amazed at the grace and speed of these tiny lizards on a rock or wall. They can sit stock still and enjoy the sun. And they can accelerate quickly by twisting their body and half leaping across walls.

The Technic Forest Machine had a lot of green parts, so it inspired me to think of green animals, like lizards. I then checked the parts list of the box and was very happy to discover two turntables in there! These would make perfect body joints. In this stage I did not yet have the right boxes, so I started doing some sketch builds in Bricklink Studio. I studied how I could connect the large motors to the turntables, while keeping the overall build as low to the ground as possible. I also investigated gearing options for connecting the medium motor to the turn table and making them turn in opposite directions.

In this stage I was still thinking the legs could make complete circular motions, and a simple through axle would do the job. How wrong that assumption turned out to be. In retrospect I also gravely overestimated the number of green parts in the Technic Forest Machine. I put myself up for quite a building challenge.

Then came time to submit the sketches and the ideas for the competition and wait. Now an expert panel of LEGO builders would judge my design for feasibility, viability and desirability. With the mechanism not truly tested in a prototype I had my fingers crossed.

To my excitement, on December 12, 2018 I received the word that I was selected for the build among three others! Now, however started the real hard work. The sketches could be done in a matter of hours. The building, rebuilding, programming and building instructions would take weeks. When I started building I discovered two things:

After some trial and error I decided to connect the two turntables with one long axle and a 90 degree gear. My challenge now was to make a connection that did not slip. These 90 degree gear connections generate a lot of forces side-wards and upwards. A solid 90 degree gear cage on the scale of a large turntable proved quite the challenge.

The toughest challenge by far were the legs. I did at least 20 versions of them, always checking the parts list, because every part I used had to be in the kit 4 times, enough for every leg. The legs carry a lot of weight. So handling all that force required some tricky building. I thought I had it, until I found out in Copenhagen that I had to keep rebuilding broken legs all the time. So when I came home I redid them again, to be really, really solid.

I would like the PDF so that I can save a copy in case your website disappears or is unavailable. Also, with a PDF copy I can access the building instructions even when I do not have internet access. If this would be too much trouble or you are concerned about copyright than I understand.

Mike,

Hello Anton:

Thank for creating the forest machine building instructions and putting them into PDF format much easier to deal with on my iPad and without always needing the WiFi connection. How do I access the lizard PDF instructions?

Mike

Hello, i just build the lizard with the kids at work, can i find a site where the full program is for download ??

i ldid see there is a programming site on youtube, but it would be great to have it and then try an program together with the kids..

I recently pulled out LEGO Robotics Invention System Set 9719 from the basement. I believe this is the first mindstorms set. It has a robot claw arm pictured on the box. _cache/larger/lego-robotics-invention-system-set-9719-packaging-25.jpg

The instructions are complete, but the instructions for the robot claw arm pictured were never part of the set. As far as I can tell it was an optional DL from the lego website. As this was about 20 years ago, you can guess that those instructions are no longer on the website. In fact, I have only roughly pieced together conclusion that they were ever on the website, I may well be wrong.

Else, I am sorry, I am not strictly certain this belongs in this forum (maybe in the "looking for" forum), but I thought the mindstorm nature of this search might put it here instead of general lego places.

Fortunately for my purposes, it doesn't have to function. By which I mean I'm not programming the RCX. I do maintain an XP laptop for unrelated legacy reasons, but there's a chance that even XP is too advanced for the original mindstorms software. And, I doubt it's worth the hassle to me. I'll upgrade to modern mindstorms when I get serious.

You can use the original RIS 2.0 software on Windows XP without any problems, and it can also be made to work on 32bit Windows 7 - you just need the driver for the IR tower, which you can get from here:

This is replacement for DroidBot 1.0. It has all the features of 1.0 and then a few more.

DroidBot 2.0 is a robot build using only parts from 45544 LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 Core Set + 1 color sensor. There is also an optional handle that can be added when the robots are used in camps or classrooms.

This is a base robot built with one EV3 Education Core Set (45544). This robot can be used as a learning tool as well as a basic design for FIRST LEGO League.

Droid Bot JR is a robot build using only parts from 31313 LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Set. This build is slightly smaller than Droid Bot 2.0, but still has many similar features. An optional handle allows for easy carrying in classrooms. It has been designed to allow the builder to easily replace the infrared sensor with the ultrasonic, use a rechargeable battery, and add a gyro sensor if needed.

EV3 Enterprise is a robot built using parts from the 31313 LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Set. This robot has a base that only uses 82 pieces. Sensor and motor modules easily snap on to the base robot as the student needs. (The robot has optional instructions for adding a gyro and second color sensor. The infrared can also replaced with the ultrasonic if needed.)This robot has been tested and approved by EV3Lessons.com

EV3 Discovery is a robot built using parts from the 45544 LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Set. Sensor and motor modules easily snap on to the base robot as the student needs. (The robot has optional instructions for adding a second color sensor.)