Keyframe motor animation with Python for MINDSTORMS and SPIKE robots
Have you ever wished you could animate your robot like a stop-motion puppet? Did you want to animate a real robot like a 3D model? … Read more
How to display two-digit numbers on a 5×5 LED Matrix with LEGO SPIKE Prime or Robot Inventor
I found counting up to 10 very limiting on the led matrix display of the new SPIKE and MINDSTORMS hubs. I racked my head and … Read more
How to coordinate movements (motor synchronization) with SPIKE Prime Word Blocks
In this article, I’ll explain how you can run motors to different positions simultaneously. Running these motors at the same time is difficult with LEGO … Read more
Python Motor Synchronization: Coordinating SPIKE or MINDSTORMS motors
In this article, I’ll share some MINDSTORMS Python code to help you coordinate motor movements. Synchronized motors are essential when you make robots dance or … Read more
Advanced undocumented Python in LEGO SPIKE Prime and MINDSTORMS hubs
When writing Python on the new LEGO MINDSTORMS and SPIKE hubs, the default methods are somewhat limited. With ‘import hub,’ you can use some hacks … Read more
How I built a LEGO SPIKE Prime robot swing
In this article, I share what I learned about building a LEGO MINDSTORMS robot swing. You’ll find out how I tackled the building challenges for … Read more
LEGO 51515 Robot Inventor vs. SPIKE Prime set 45678
LEGO has four robotics sets on the market: Boost, SPIKE Prime, EV3, and Robot Inventor. I compared EV3 to Robot Inventor in a previous article. … Read more
EV3 vs Robot Inventor: LEGO 51515 and 31313 sets compared
This article has an in-depth comparison of MINDSTORMS 51515 Robot Inventor vs EV3 (set 31313). Are you considering an upgrade from EV3? Or maybe you … Read more
LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor Set 51515 part list and Studio part files
Here is a visual reference to the official part list and count in the LEGO MINDSTORMS 51515 Robot Inventor set. The set comes with a … Read more
How to remote control an EV3 Brick with SPIKE Prime over Bluetooth
Both MINDSTORMS EV3 and SPIKE Prime have an onboard BlueTooth chip. It turns out that it isn’t too hard to make them talk to each … Read more