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ADVANCED RESOURCES & LINKS

NXT and NXTg Programming

Dick Swan explains the power to speed relationship in the NXTg programming in this link

Getting wrong reads from NXTg sensors? This link explains why and how you can fix it. Incidentally "poll" means interrogate / ask.

Dick Swan explains this further and firmware issues

For faster responses from your sensors you may like to try RobotC, Dick Swan explains

You may like to edit the firmware and improve it yourself, these links discuss this procedure and tools

NXT and HiTechnic Sensors - projects and programming

The HiTechnic site with plenty of resources

Build and Program a Self balancing robot using the HiTechnic gyro sensor

From LEGO Engineering _ programming examples for HiTechnic sensors (and others)

You Tube and videos for LEGO and HiTechnic

Vernier and Other Sensors

The Vernier site with a huge range of programs and NXT programming blocks for NXT

Tensile Load Testing program from LEGO Engineering

The NXT blogspot - where experts discuss all things NXT and Robolab, including Vernier Sensors

NXT and Robolab 2.9.4c Programming

Which NXT programming environment should you use? discusses the attributes and merits of NXTg, RoboLab, RobotC, NXC , pbLUA and NXJ (JAVA for NXT)

RCX and RoboLab 2.9.4c Programming

Building & Projects

A range of NXT building projects by Paul Scholz

Build and program a NXT joystick

Odin is a robot that estimates its own position while it moves using odometry. In order to do that it measures as precisely as possible distances traveled and orientation of displacement. Its mechanical structure is well suited for that: when traveling it rolls on four parallel wheel so it is able to go very straight. For turning, it raises itself on a central pivot, turns around it and goes down, ready for the next move