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We found another one of Burf’s work on his blog. If you don’t know Burf, he was the creator of a previous Cool Project on our blog, LEGO George.

Here’s another amazing post from his work that utilizes the RCX Multiplexer and an Android phone!

ROBOTC 3.05 contains a number of enhancements that should be very exciting for VEX Cortex users. This is a free update for all ROBOTC for Cortex and PIC users (yes, even if you were using 2.3x)!

The ROBOTC 3.05 installer now includes the VEX Cortex and Prolific USB-to-Serial drivers. You no longer need to remember to download and install these separately.

We’ve heard your feedback! The new “Automatically Update VEX Cortex” option will detect if your Cortex is out-of-date, and automatically …

We’ve just released ROBOTC 3.05. Click on the article to view the change log!

First of all, let me introduce myself: I’m Leon (aka dimastero/ dimasterooo), and I was recently invited to contribute to this blog. So as, my first post, I’d like to tell you about my new Skype-controlled LEGO Mindstorms NXT Car.

I’ve been creating websites for a while now, and I was trying to think of a way to combine it with Mindstorms NXT. This project is the result of that. The project’s webpage is fairly simple – it’s got three arrows …

This is a robot that uses Face Recognition in order to follow around a human. It uses an iPhone in conjunction with an NXT. Take a look!

Good news everyone! I’m excited to let you know that our latest batch of tutorials in the VEX Cortex Video Trainer are available now!

This set of 5 tutorials focuses on the VEX Line Tracking Sensors:

The Line Tracking Sensors – Introduces the sensors and explains how they work
Calculating Thresholds – Goes through the process of acquiring sensor values using the ROBOTC Sensor Debug window and calculating a threshold for …

Here’s a video of an NXT robot line tracking a line, and then climbing a book that sits along its path!

More 3rd party 3rd party drivers
Does a 3rd party 3rd party driver make it a 4th party? I’m not sure, you decide.  In any case, my good man Gus at HiTechnic has provided a very nice driver for the new HiTechnic Super Pro Board.  Thanks for that!

I also added a driver for the totally awesome Mindsensors Touch Panel sensor and their very versatile Sumo Eyes sensor.  Big thanks to Mindsensors …

Ivan Seidel (ivanseidel) posted an incredible stop action movie based video explaining PID. Take a look at the video!

One cool new product for the VEX Robotics system are the VEX Mecanum Wheels.

Where traditional wheels only allow your robot to move forward, backward, and turn, mecanum wheels allow your robot to  move in all four directions -  forward, backward, left and right, while still maintaining the ability to turn. Your robot is able to accomplish this thanks to their unique design. Each wheel (which must be connected …