The Easter holiday is a joyful time when we engage in numerous celebrations and special activities. The most notable and fun has to be dyeing eggs and decorating them in different, often very detailed and ornamented, patterns. But what could be even more fun is building a LEGO Mindstorms robot that can decorate Easter eggs for you! 🙂
And that’s exactly what the folks at RoboCAMP have done; inspired by the Easter holidays, they decided to decorate their Easter eggs in a more modern, automatic way. Thus, they came up with the idea for the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Robotic Egg Decorator. Take a look at the video below which shows a glimpse of what this robot can achieve.
Fun, isn’t it? The Egg Decorator uses all three of the #31313 LEGO Mindstorms EV3 motors. The large motor is responsible for precise lengthwise positioning of the pen on the egg, and the second one rotates the egg. The medium motor is used to raise and lower the pen so you can control where the robot draws lines on the egg. The robot has an ingenious holder, which uses a LEGO tire to give a better grip on one side with a clever, adjustable holder at the other end to be able to hold different size eggs.
Would you like to build this LEGO Mindstorms robot yourself? All you need is the #31313 LEGO Mindstorms EV3 set, a felt-tip pen (at least one color, but the more the better!) and a couple of hard-boiled eggs. The building instructions and sample programs with three different patterns for the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Robotic Egg Decorator can be found on RoboCAMP’s website at the following link: Instructions & Sample Programs
If you are not familiar with RoboCAMP, it is a carefully prepared curriculum dedicated to promoting STEM education among children through the use of LEGO WeDo and LEGO Mindstorms robotic sets. The RoboCAMP online platform offers ready-to-use lesson-plans perfect for introducing robotics and programming lessons in elementary and middle schools. You can check out their website for more at RoboCAMP.eu.
So what do you think? How do you like the LEGO Mindstroms EV3 Robotic Egg Decorator? Do you have the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 set? Have you built your own robots? Are you planning to try out and build the Egg Decorator? Feel free to share and discuss in the comment section below! Happy Easter to all of our readers, contributors and friends! 😉
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A new video-game for LEGO Ninjago fans has been released just a few days ago. LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin is an action-adventure game developed by TT Fusion (a subsidiary of TT Games) for the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita. It tells a previously untold story from the LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu TV show, and is a sequel to the LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids video-game released in 2014. Below you can find out more about the new game and where you can get it. 🙂
Here is the official description of the video-game:There is a new threat in Ninjago, and his name is Ronin. With help from his army of dark samurai, Ronin steals the Ninjas’ memories using an ancient weapon called the Obsidian Glaive. The Ninjas forget how to use their elemental powers, and it is up to the players to help them find their Obsidian weapons, regain their memories and reclaim their powers before Ronin completes his plan and releases an even greater evil on Ninjago. In LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin players battle through iconic locales from the TV series, including the Ice Temple, the Toxic Bogs, and a mysterious new island, as well as visit the mountain village of Spinjago, where the Ninjas are currently training with Grand Sensei Dareth and Sensei Wu. Using their Spinjitzu abilities, players can unleash their Ninja’s elemental power to smash their way through enemies and solve puzzles. They can even team up and create multi-elemental builds using the Tornado of Creation.
Battle through iconic locales from the LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitsu TV series, including the Ice Temple, the Toxic Bogs and Chen’s Island.
Uncover the secret behind the Obsidian Weapons, ancient yet powerful tools.
Defend Ninjago from well-known enemies, including the Serpentine, Nindroids and more.
Drive, fly, stomp and slide your way through levels with an exciting array of bikes, jets, mechs and even dragons!
Unleash an elemental tornado to smash your way through enemies and solve puzzles. Team up and create the multi-elemental Tornado of Creation!
If you have ever played LEGO video-games you know that they are incredibly fun. They are light and funny and at the same time engaging and entertaining so both kids and adults can play. You can watch the video-preview of the game above, learn more about the game at the official LEGO Ninjago website, and get both LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids and LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin on Amazon. Here are the links:
What do you think? Are you excited for this new video-game? Did you get the previously released one already? How did you like it? And are you planning to get the new game? Feel free to share your thoughts and your own reviews in the comment section below! 😉
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