We’ve chosen one of the more ambitous projects we’ve received to kick-off our coverage of old school (pre-NXT) Mindstorms creations: an RCX-powered, full-size pinball machine! Designed and built by Gerrit Bronsveld and Martijn Boogaarts, this fully functional pinball machine boasts a number of novel features, including a working coin slot (50 cent Euro coins only, [...]
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RCX Old School: Pinball Machine
By Jeff on May 15, 2006 in General robotics news, Mindstorms (1.0-2.0), Mindstorms hacks, Mindstorms programming, RCX old school
We need you! A call for Mindstorms creations
As we inch closer to the launch of the new Mindstorms NXT later this fall, we’d like to take a nostalgic look back at some of the best creations from the last generation of Mindstorms. Many of us have seen some incredible Mindstorms constructs over the years, ranging from Rubik’s cube solvers and copiers to [...]
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