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MINDSTORMS NXT Sumo Competition Video
 What does it take to win the MINDSTORMS NXT Sumo Competition?
You watch and decide!
Take a look at the video of the top 3 finalists from the competition battling it out to be the ultimate sumo robot!
See the video here: MINDSTORMS NXT Sumo Competition Video
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LEGO Group Adds New Partner to its LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Development Network to Bring RFID Sensor to LEGO Robotics
 BILLUND, Denmark, January 10, 2008
– The LEGO Group today announced partnership with Codatex Hainzlmaier GmbH & Co. KG, of Salzburg, Austria to allow the manufacture and sale of hardware accessories certified by the LEGO Group for the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT robotics toolset. This partnership represents the continued evolution of the company’s commitment to community-driven innovation and open-source development surrounding its next generation robotics system.
The contract between the LEGO Group and Codatex was signed October 21, 2007 at LEGOWorld, an annual gathering of LEGO fans and community members in Europe, where a prototype sensor was demonstrated to attendees.
The third-party licensing agreement gives Codatex Hainzlmaier GmbH & Co. KG access to official LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT sensor housings to develop and market accessory sensors compatible with NXT that are complimentary to the look, style and function of the NXT toolset. Codatex’ sensors will integrate seamlessly within the NXT software programming environment and are tested to the same high quality and tolerance standards as the LEGO Group’s own manufactured products.
RFID, which is short for Radio Frequency Identification, is a leading edge technology used in many industrial and commercial applications, like all kinds of access control, animal identification, supply chain management and many more. The first version of the new RFID Sensor will read 125 kHz transponders. The number stored in the transponders is of 5 byte length allowing a variety of more than 1 trillion combinations.
Within the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT world the RFID sensor will allow users, for example, to protect their programs, so you can only start it with an individual key transponder. There is also an unlimited flexibility to program different actions upon identification of different transponders.
“We are thrilled to include Codatex as new licensee and look forward to add the RFID sensor to the LEGO MINDSTORMS portfolio of 3rd Party accessories,” said Steven Canvin, Marketing Manager for LEGO MINDSTORMS. “We expect to see many new play scenarios evolve around the RFID sensor, which we believe will expand children and adult enthusiasts’ ability to build and program robots that do what they want.”
“We are very proud to launch the RFID sensor for the MINDSTORMS NXT platform,” said Hermann Hainzlmaier of Codatex. “As an accessory to the NXT, we believe that the RFID sensor will open up for many new play experiences for both young and old users, and this is only the beginning, because we have many more ideas for products and accessories to come!”
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT is a robotics toolset that provides endless opportunities for armchair inventors, robotics fanatics and LEGO builders ages 10 and older to build and program robots that do what they want. The set includes 571 LEGO TECHNIC® pieces, the NXT intelligent brick, touch, light, ultrasonic and sound sensors, 3 interactive servo motors, USB 2.0 cable, is Bluetooth enabled and features a new PC/MAC compatible programming software powered by LabVIEW from National Instruments that features 18 robotics building and programming challenges to inspire robotics creation.
MINDSTORMS NXT is available online and at most toy and discount merchandise retailers at a suggested retail price of 249.99 USD and 289,99 EUR.
About Codatex Hainzlmaier
Codatex Hainzlmaier GmbH & Co.KG has experience in RFID since its very beginning in the mid- 80s. With its small team of experts, Codatex has specialized on developing and marketing RFID OEM products for access control and time and attendance equipment.
NOTE: LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT information and product images can be downloaded from www.mindstorms.com/press
See www.codatex.com and www.mindstorms.com for more information on coming products and details.
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MINDSTORMS NXT Sumo Competition Finalists
 Over 100 robots from 19 countries were entered into the MINDSTORMS NXT Sumo Competition. The Robotics Posse examined each entry and selected 29 finalists to construct and compete in the sumo ring.
The robots selected to be built and battled was based on the following criteria:
- NXTLOG documentation was submitted by the Dec. 15 2007 deadline and followed the competition rules
- MINDSTORMS NXT Sumo Robot was well documented on NXTLOG
- NXTLOG Project included (1) an LDD file or well documented pictures on how to build the robot, (2) a well documented .rbt program file, (3) .rbt file had a 3 second delay
See the complete list of finalists and the final round scoring bracket here:
Sumo Finalists
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MINDSTORMS NXT Sumo Competition Winners
 What does it take to run a live NXTLOG Competition?
10 builders
40 hours of judging
30 hours of building
1000’s of LEGO parts
29 robots
5 (ish) days
Over 100 robots
from 19 countries
and builders of all ages
entered the MINDSTORMS NXT Sumo Building Competition. The Robotics Posse (Bryan Bonahoom, John Brost, Brian Davis, Steve Hassenplug, and Jay Kinzie) evaluated each NXTLOG submission to determine which robots would be the finalists to construct and compete in a live Sumo match.
The Robotics Posse were joined by family and friends this holiday season in Steve Hassenplug’s basement (the "LEGOLAND of Lafaytette Indiana") as they built and battled the best sumo bots submitted to NXTLOG.
29 robots
were selected to go head to head in a series of sumo matches. The 29 were soon narrowed down to 10 robots that competed in a final round to determine the ultimate MINDSTORMS NXT Sumo robot.
The top 3 performing robots were:
MG_Sumo
Created by:
mpego
(First Place)
Wedge Bot
Created by:
Aliator531
(Second Place)
F-16 Bulldozer
Created by:
exploud123
(Third Place)
- See more info on the MINDSTORMS NXT Sumo Competition here: Special Event
- See more info on the competition winners here: Sumo Winners
- View and comment on all the robots in this competition by entering the tag "nxtlegosumo"
Stay tuned for more coverage of this fun and exciting event!
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MINDSTORMS NXT Winter Wonderland Building Challenge
 It's January and most of the world is making snow angels or sitting by a fire to stay toasty and warm. That's why we are looking for YOU to design a robot that would work or play in in a winter wonderland!
This can be a robot that relates to winter in any way. It can be a snow plow, a robot skier or ski lift, or even a NXT robot designed to deliver you hot cocoa. The ideas are endless and we’ll be looking for the most creative robots that we could not be without on a cold snowy winter's day.
There's no limit on amount of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT sensors, motors, NXT programmable bricks, HiTechnic sensors, or Bluetooth communication you can use on your NXT Winter Wonderland robot.
- The contest will run from Tuesday January 1, 2008 - Thursday January 31, 2008.
- All contest entries must follow the contest rules and must be tagged "NXT200801"
- For the full contest description and rules see this NXTLOG:
MINDSTORMS NXT Winter Wonderland Building Challenge
Good luck and play well!
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LEGO MINDSTORMS Events
May 1 - June 30 - MINDSTORMS NXT NXT Building Challenge on NXTLOG
June 19 - 22 - Brickworld Wheeling, IL USA
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