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Arduino and 3D printers to make Lego Mindstorms/Technic-compatible parts is what I do. (I call my parts "Bitbeam".) I used to use Lego to prototype the robots
by hugs 8y ago
Arduino and 3D printers to make Lego Mindstorms/Technic-compatible parts is what I do. (I call my parts "Bitbeam".)
I used to use Lego to prototype the robots and machines I make. Now I design my own "Lego" with OpenSCAD and program the bots with AVR microcontrollers. Have been doing this for 7-ish years. However, Lego Mindstorms is still a great (although expensive) system for learning.
- crypto-jeronimo 8y agoSounds great! Have you got any related blog posts and/or open-source code? I'd love to have a look :)
- hugs 8y agoI set up a blog just about the Lego-parts years ago (bitbeam.org), and it looks dead-ish, even though I still make the parts for new robot orders all the time. The most up-to-date location for the actual 3D printable files is in the Tapster project GitHub repo: https://github.com/tapsterbot/tapsterbot/blob/master/hardware/tapster-2/scad/beam.scad https://github.com/tapsterbot/tapsterbot/blob/master/hardwar...
- crypto-jeronimo 8y agoThanks!
- dunham 8y agoCan consumer 3D printers pull off decent lego compatible parts? I'm fascinated by the idea of 3D printers, but I don't really have a good use-case to justify getting one. (And I've been waiting for them to come down in price.) I ended up getting my five year old the Lego "Boost" set - I wanted some motors &c that were accessible to him. He's had fun putting together the projects, and playing with the scratch programming. It is tied to their app, but I see that someone has python libraries to talk to it, so I have options if the app goes away.
- hugs 8y agoNothing can truly match Lego's perfectly tuned injection molding process, however 3D printing can be good enough for many things.