Thanks to the helpful input and timely suggestions of our intrepid nxtbot.com readers, we’ve made an update to our blogroll with a host of new robotics-related sites for your perusing pleasure. We’ll continue to add links to new and interesting robotics sites on the web, so keep those suggestions coming!
There’s also been some coverage of the Mindstorms NXT launch on the web, so we thought we’d list a few of the more interesting news bits here:
ROBOT Magazine: NXT Preview
http://www.botmag.com/articles/lego_mindstorms_robot_news_1.shtml
NEWS.com: LEGO Mindstorms – No kids toy
http://news.com.com/Lego+Mindstorms+no+kids+toy/2100-1041_3-6020603.html
WIRED News: Geeks in Toyland
http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.02/lego.html
Arguably the most unusual story was sent in by a nxtbot reader (thanks Matthias!) who pointed out a link to Pasta & Vinegar describing the difficulties a robotics fan experienced when working on his gadget on a train in Germany:
http://tecfa.unige.ch/perso/staf/nova/blog/2006/02/01/be-careful-with-lego-mindstorms/
Ouch! Being arrested for programming a bot. That’s real unusual!