Using ROS code, the NXT robot can build maps of its surroundings, and it can use those to navigate around. That's just a tiny sample of all the cool code that is now available. Check out the video ...

Here is a telepresence robot that uses an Android device and LEGO NXT parts. [Wolfgang] had an extra phone on hand and decided to put it to good use. The Mindstorm parts make it really easy to prod… ...

"It walks and turns by shifting the NXT [onboard computer], and rotating the knees, keeping the feet parallel to ground," wrote Benedettelli. "Legs are finally straight, [no longer] chicken-like." ...

The robot picks up the commands through a small nanohttpd server, which also serves a HTML5 controls page. The controller page displays the on-board camera, and simple up, down, left, and right ...

After what seems like a lifetime of anticipation, Lego has finally launched its Mindstorms NXT robot kit. We can barely type thanks to fingers worn raw from fiddling with the tiny pieces, but we can ...

Lego just announced their Mindstorm NXT which is (gulp) "smarter, stronger, and more intuitive than ever." The new toolset features a wide range of sensors allowing your bot to now sense and react ...

Climbing stairs is one of the hardest physical tasks for a bipedal collection of motors and circuits, as Honda's ASIMO can relate, but one man's managed to achieve just that with this head-banging ...

The 30-minute claim Lego’s claim that you’ll have your first robot in action after 30 minutes is entirely accurate, even though all it will do is drive, turn around and return to its starting position ...