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During our neon-soaked sojourn through the wilds of CES we did manage to grab some video footage of the Mindstorms NXT in action. These files have been sitting in the dusty corner of a digital camera for the last few months, but I thought that these may be of interest. Apologies for the unusual angles and shaky camera work — I’ll drink less coffee before I take my next batch of video clips.

> NXT slots robot [2.9MB mpg]

> NXT brick menu [3.3MB mpg]

> NXT control software [3.9MB mpg]

9 Responses to “The NXT files: CES Redux”
  1. Koshdukai says:

    Ah ! Thank you :)

    At least now we know what the NXT menu looks like !

    btw, did you see anything on the LabView-like software about controlling the NXT screen output in text or graphical format ? I’m rather curious about what the standard software let’s one do with the screen.

  2. Alex says:

    I agree, there should be some way of displaying text or images on the NXT screen, it’s large enough after all. I wish that the movie that displayed the software on the personal computer showed what the code palates look like. However, these short informational movies are quite good and cool. I also wanted to give you all the URL to a movie I made that shows the RCX and IR tower insides, as well as the two communicating, that is at .

    But in all I like being able to see the interface of the NXT and it’s software.

    Thanks,
    Alex

  3. pran says:

    OHHHHH i Neeed this!!! sooo badlyy
    i started crying with happiness when i saw the ad

  4. the lego master says:

    I love this so much and its so coooooooooooooooooool i have to have one and guike

  5. Sacha Tholl says:

    So did i, (like pran) when i heared about it. i can´t believe it. We have to wait 4 very long month. With RCX i created so much subvi´s on labview and also additional Sensors, and so will i do it for the NXT-Unit

  6. Robochallenge competitor says:

    Is it possible to program the robots in basic, c++ or javascript? The standard drag ‘n drop software looks a bit noobish. I would like to be able to make quite a complicated program (for a real robot that works on is own without control from humans) and I don’t suppose it will be possible wit the standard software. The Lego website isn’t very usefull, and perhaps you guys can help me,

  7. Administrator says:

    You can program the existing RCX with a number of alternate programming languages and environments, including:

    NQC (Not Quite C) http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/nqc/

    leJOS (Java) http://lejos.sourceforge.net/

    Microsoft also has a number of resources for programming the NXT, including in C++/C#, J# and Visual Basic. Head here…

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/lego/default.aspx

    …for information on those items.

    Hope that helps!

    - Jeff J. (nxtbot.com)

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