Use LEGO MindStorms Inventor to Create a Rolling Pattern – With Python

As we know, LEGO MindStorms Inventor provides animation functionality. In the Animation Editor, we could specify the light matrix pattern, then call the "play animation" block to play it. However, how about we want a pattern rolling freely on the light matrix? just like what the below video shows. We could not use the built-in …

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How to Store and Run Multiple Programs on LEGO MindStorms Inventor or Spike

If you have a LEGO MindStorms Inventor or Spike Prime set, you might wonder how to store multiple programs to the smart hub and then switch to the program you want to run. In this post, I will demonstrate how to download and store multiple programs. Now I have a project called "pet dog", as …

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Use LEGO MindStorms Inventor to Build a Pet Dog – Code it with Both Blockly Language and Python – Part Two

In the previous post, I introduced how to use blockly language to control LEGO MindStorms Inventor, and write code for the pet dog. As I have already mentioned, we could accomplish the similar functionalities by using Python. In today's post, we will use the Python editor of LEGO MindStorms Inventor App to implement the same …

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Use LEGO MindStorms Inventor to Build a Pet Dog – Code it with Both Blockly Language and Python – Part One

If you once played the LEGO MindStorms EV3, you might have built one of its sample projects Puppy, which I explained in my previous posts. Several years ago, when EV3 has not yet supported the Scratch blockly language, the puppy code is pretty complicated and confusing. In this post, I will use LEGO MindStorms Inventor …

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Make Your LEGO Robot Play Tic-tac-toe Game

When we have a LEGO MindStorms set, we could create different models to simulate real world mechanics or creature. We could make the robot carry a stuff, follow a route to transfer the stuff. There is no limitation for the creation. In this post, I would like to introduce a project of having the robot …

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Remotely Control Your LEGO MindStorms Inventor

Assuming you have created a LEGO vehicle with the robot LEGO MindStorms Inventor, now you would like to use its remote control function to control it manually. What should we do? In this post, I would like to introduce a simple vehicle model and the code to realize remote control. Finally, I will explain how …

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New LEGO MindStorms – Exploration Rover Model Analysis

In the new released LEGO MindStorms, its app contains multiple models. Some models come from LEGO Community. In today's post, let's build one model and analyze its structure. You could find this model from LEGO app shown as below. Model Structure This model is pretty big and heavy. Its body is widely stretched and symmetric. …

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