Mindstorms
Robot description
| Name | Mindstorms NXT |
|---|---|
| Available Urbi version | 1.5.1 (deprecated), 2.0 |
| Manufacturer | Lego |
| Short description | Lego Mindstorms NXT is a programmable robotics kit released by Lego in July 2006, replacing the first-generation LEGO Mindstorms kit. |
| Robot's page | http://mindstorms.lego.com |
| Urbi Documentation | http://www.gostai.com/downloads/urbi-sdk/2.1.x/doc/urbi-sdk.htmldir/nxt.html |
Lego Mindstorms NXT is a programmable robotics kit released by Lego in July 2006, replacing the first-generation LEGO Mindstorms kit. The kit consists of 519 Technic pieces, 3 servo motors, 4 sensors (ultrasonic, sound, touch, and light), 7 connection cables, a USB interface cable, and the NXT Intelligent Brick.
What Urbi can do for your NXT robot
- Test quickly and benchmark the different sensors and motors
- Experiment the behavior of new mechanical construction through console.
- Remote control from a computer through autonomous urbiscript program.
- Gateway for your own computer program in any network-able language
Urbi projects using this robot
Please post a message in the contrib forum to add your project here.
Urbi documentation
- http://www.gostai.com/downloads/urbi-sdk/2.1.x/doc/urbi-sdk.htmldir/nxt.html (Urbi 2.0)
- http://www.gostai.com/doc/en/mindstormNXT/ (Urbi 1.5.1)
There is a Gostai forum dedicated to Urbi for Lego Mindstorms NXT.
Urbi examples
How to start URBI for Lego Mindstorms, and a quick review of important files. Duration: 2min 30'
This tutorial explain how to define and control a simple motor with URBI for LEGO MINDSTORMS, introducing some advanced motor control features available in URBI. Duration: 6min 30
This is a practical tutorial based on the LEGO MINDSTORMS TriBot model. You will review the most commonly used features of URBI and be ready to start using URBI for more advanced programming. Duration: 8min
Download Urbi for this robot
- Download and Install Urbi compiled with Windows x86 vcxx2008
- Download and Uncompress NXT for Urbi
- Follow instruction of Install.txt
NB: It is not any more required to compile the NXT driver to use bluetooth connection. Consequently BT is the easiest way, USB needs to change the Lego driver by a specific one.
NB: It is required that you have installed Windows XP SP2 and that you use the default bluetooth driver. Other drivers (example: Widcomm) may cause problems.
- Detailed instructions (in french) for USB are available here.
- Detailed instructions (in french) for BT are available here.
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