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Gripper (Claw) for Small 2×2 & 2×4 LEGO Bricks

August 13, 2012 LEGO Technics, Building Techniques No comments

Here’s a Gripper for Small LEGO Bricks I’ve developed for a larger project. It is designed to pick-up standard 2×2 and 2×4 LEGO Bricks. The gripper is opened and closed via a [spfm] with a 24-tooth Clutch in the drive train to take care of the need for limit-switches and encoders.

Using LEGO Mindstorms RIS (RCX) KIT with Windows7

Installing LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Invention System (RIS) on to a Windows7 PC is frustrating to say the least, as I’ve just discovered this while setting up my son’s computer to allow him to program my old RCX’s.

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  After setting my new 2017 group of FIRST LEGO Leage (FLL) Students the “Bio-mimicry Wall Climbing Task” from the 2016 Animal Allies Challenge, I thought I Read More »
- FLL Animal Allies: Climbing the Bio-mimicry Wall with Robot
  
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  After setting my new 2017 group of FIRST LEGO Leage (FLL) Students the “Bio-mimicry Wall Climbing Task” from the 2016 Animal Allies Challenge, I thought I should prove Read More »
- Preforming the Polygon Shuffle with a EV3 Gyroscope
  
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  A polygon is any 2-dimensional shape formed with straight lines. Triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons are all examples of polygons. The name tells you how many Read More »
- LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Audio Streamed via Bluetooth Audio
  
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  Whilst displaying my Robots at a major Exhibition, I got to thinking that it would be great to pipe the EV3’s Audio to a Bluetooth Speaker, Read More »
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  Some may have seen my article, “Using WS2812B Addressable RGB LED Strips with Arduinos“, back in September? As can be seen in that article, controlling Addressable LEDs is Read More »

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Monthly Archives: August 2012

Here’s a Gripper for Small LEGO Bricks I’ve developed for a larger project. It is designed to pick-up standard 2×2 and 2×4 LEGO Bricks. The gripper is opened and closed via a [spfm] with a 24-tooth Clutch in the drive train to take care of the need for limit-switches and encoders.

Installing LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Invention System (RIS) on to a Windows7 PC is frustrating to say the least, as I’ve just discovered this while setting up my son’s computer to allow him to program my old RCX’s.

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