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Jetro de Chateau | 6 Apr 2011 10:54

Hispabrick Magazine 010

Hispabrick Magazine 010 is ready for download from our website
http://www.hispabrickmagazine.com 

In this new edition you will be able to enjoy our regular features, reviews,
MINDSTORMS, LDraw, building trees...

Of particular interest to the Robotics community are the article on the walkers
by Menno Gorter, a MINDSTORMS Challenge and a photo report of the MINDSTORMS
booth at LEGOWORLD Copenhague.

There are also:

- Articles on LEGO Sports, Sphere building...

- Interviews with Mads Nipper, Christian Iversen, Menno Gorter and Alexander
Schranz.

- And a fantastic Star Wars™ contest.

As always, we look forward to your comments, criticism and ideas at
info(at)hispabrickmagazine(dot)com.
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Claude Baumann | 30 Apr 2011 16:28
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LEGO robotic boat

Hi,

"Serendipity", a LEGO robotic boat, was launched on April 28th, 2011. It was
able to autonomously cross the Lac de la Haute-Sûre in Luxembourg, traveling
800m within 40 minutes. The boat started from Lultzhausen; it reached two
waypoints in the middle of the lake and the final point near Liefrange. The
travel was accompanied by a safety team in a motorized boat.

The boat has been developed by a high-school student team from April 2010 to
April 2011. It is made of LEGO material and additional film, Styrofoam and
plastics to protect the electronics parts from water. Besides the HiTechnic
compass sensor, Serendipity has an NXT-compatible GPS module that has been
realized by the team. The NXT programs have been written in LabVIEW Education
Edition.

A very exciting project.

Development journal: http://www.convict.lu/htm/rob/GPS.htm
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NptlaZd-54k

-Claude Baumann
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