Eduardo create an amazing Nao Dance: Gangnam Style:
Category: Design
Building an off road car with LEGO Technic
It has long been a dream of mine to build a remote controlled LEGO car. LEGO has many Technic cars in their program that use the Power Functions to remote control certain functions, such as opening doors or lifting an arm. Power Functions use infrared light for communication between the sender and the receiver. In the past, LEGO also had remote controlled cars that use radio frequencies, which is much better, since it does not require a line of sight and has a much further reach.
Recently, LEGO released the 4×4 Crawler and it really triggered something inside of me. I ordered the set, but when it arrived I never put it together. I started to build my own cars right away. I looked for inspiration on the internet and found many great off road cars, trial trucks and multi purpose car technology. In particular the work Pawel “Sariel” Kmiec. Check out his book “The Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder’s Guide” or visit his website. LPE Power also has some wonderful instructions on how to build real car technology with LEGO. Continue reading “Building an off road car with LEGO Technic”
Panorama of Kaikoura
We visited Kaikoura and took a quad bike tour. We ended up on the coast with an amazing view:
What if we accept robots as our equals?
The University of Canterbury is releasing a new advertising campaign to which we had the privilige of contributing. The College of Engineering selected Social Robotics as their theme for the campaign:
New Photographs with Nao
The University organized a new photoshoot with me and the robots. Watch out for the new TV commercial for UC on Sunday. The videos might be up on Monday as well on the UC home page.