Bluetooth Rally Racer

Rally Racer is the successor of Rally Rac3r. The difference? This Rear Wheel Drive race car is a tremendous success. As complimented by Karl4123, this vehicle has “sleek and stylish looks.” It is geared up 36:12 or 3:1, and it is decently quick with decent torque. Many styling cues have been added. Why is there no InfraRed Sensor, you may ask! Well, thank you for asking! With the help of Builderdude35’s tutorials, Rally Racer drives via Bluetooth! Rally Racer’s Intelligent Brick acts as a receiver, and a second Ev3 Intelligent Brick is the remote! In this way, I am able to control Rally Racer from 200 feet away. I also incorporated bluetooth RC into prototype versions of my 2010 Cadillac CTS-V ReplicaContinue reading

Looking Back At 2015

The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 31,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 11 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

The busiest day of the year was November 10th with 525 views. The most popular post that day was EV3RSTORM.

Top 5 Posts in 2015

EL3CTRIC GUITAR

SumoStorm3r

RAC3 TRUCK

Ali3nCompanionDroid

Doodl3r

Top 5 Referring Sites in 2015

Ultimate Robotics Network

The NXT Step Blog

EuroBricks

VEX iQ Forum

MindTechnic Blog

Demographics

Most visitors came from the United States, totaling over 8,000. Germany and Spain rank next to the United States, but each at less than 6% of total traffic. In all, there were visitors from 110 countries all over the world.

SharkBot – Robotic Shark

The SharkBot robot is built with Lego Mindstorms Ev3 and is basically a modified version of Builderdude35’s Timmyton 5.5 robotic shark. It features aerodynamic styling, mechanical upgrades, modified programming, and more (including both autonomous behavior and remote control function).  Continue reading

Modify Your LEGO Tires For Performance


This tutorial shows how to increase the firmness of your LEGO tires! If your Mindstorms or Technic creation is pushing the tires down like a flat tire due to heavy weight, or if you want less rolling resistance from squishy tires, you’ve come to the right place! I hope this tutorial is a big help!  Continue reading