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Control Lego Mindstorms Robots With a Free Android App

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After watching several tantalizing videos of Mindstorms robots being powered by Android phones, it’ll bring you great delight to hear that you can create a similar set-up at home with the free Mindstorms NXT app.

https://gizmodo.com/motorola-droid-lego-robot-solves-a-rubiks-cube-faster-t-5532302

You’ll need to own one of the robots of course (they cost around $250), and have an Android phone running Eclair or Froyo, but once the MINDdroid app is download you’ll be able to use the phone as a remote, wirelessly controlling the ‘bot just by tilting the phone and taking advantage of the inbuilt accelerometers. [LEGO]

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