Mix It Up
By combining your Lego Mindstorms NXT, a Raspberry Pi, and some stuff from around the house, you can make some cool projects.
Build cool stuff with Lego and Pi
The Lego Mindstorms NXT and NXT 2 kits contain software and hardware to create customizable, programmable robots. They include an intelligent brick computer, a set of sensors and motors, and Lego parts to build and support your creations. The Mindstorms NXT and NXT 2 models have been out for about 10 years, so my daughters and I were able to find a used set for about $120.
Getting Started
The first step is to install the Python NXT libraries:
wget https://nxt-python.googlecode.com/files/nxt-python-2.2.2.tar.gz tar -zxvf nxt-python-2.2.2.tar.gz cd nxt* sudo python setup.py install
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