Python (PS4) gamepad connection Robot Inventor and SPIKE Prime hub
The new LEGO hubs support gamepads from the official LEGO software but only with Scratch/Word Blocks and via a PC in streaming mode. When you … Read more
LEGO MINDSTORMS 51515
How I built a four-legged MINDSTORMS Servo Spider with eight motors
Walking robots have always fascinated me. With LEGO, the limit is usually the number of motors you can add or the weight of all the … Read more
Hook up any i2c sensor, hobby servo, and more to your LEGO robot with the ESP32 board
We are happy to introduce our new ESP32 expansion board for Lego Mindstorms robots: LMS-ESP32-v1.0. We built the board because the Lego Mindstorms Robot Inventor … Read more
Building a LEGO Robot Inventor 51515 Mecanum wheel omnidirectional car
I connected four Mecanum wheels to the four motors of the LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor 51515 kit. The result is an amazing car that can … Read more
How to Program a MINDSTORMS Robot Snake in Python
When I first created the LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor Snake, I programmed it with Word Blocks (Scratch). However, a robot snake BEGS to be programmed … Read more
How To Remote Control LEGO SPIKE Prime and Robot Inventor with Python
This article will explain how to remote control one of the new LEGO hubs – SPIKE or MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor – with another such hub. … Read more
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
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
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