http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lmstorms/resources/
Here are a variety of links to other sites about LEGO® MINDSTORMS Robots.

http://mindstorms.lego.com/eng/community/tutorials/tutorial.asp has tutorials for using the Robotics Invention System (RIS) software.

http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/
Links to a newsgroup and personal web pages about robotics and education.

http://mindstorms.lego.com/
Official Mindstorms page. Check out the information on the new NXT set!

http://www.usfirst.org/
The official First web page. Has information about FIRST ROBOTICS, FIRST LEGO League and JUNIOR FIRST LEGO League competitions.

http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/robolabatceeo/activekb/Default.asp?ToDo=browse&catld=4
The knowledge base for Robolab contains a number of sample Robolab program for using Motors and Lights, Beeps, Mail, Forks, Jumps, Task Splits, Timers, and Containers.

http://www.peeron.com lists parts inventories for LEGO sets, as well as the formal names of LEGO pieces. Knowing the part number makes searches for new and used parts on www.bricklink.com much more efficient.

http://www.lego.com/eng/create/technicdesignschool/lesson.asp?x=x&id=1_a features "studless building techniques" crucial to building robots with NXT sets. Peeron (see link above) also has scans of the instruction booklets for Technic sets, many of which you can build from parts you already own.

http://brick-labs.com/ is an interesting site will off-beat Mindstorms projects (yarn winder, anyone?) Check out the paper from Tufts on building a LEGO mindstorms underwater ROV.

http://constructopedia.media.mit.edu/search.asp?catg=0&subcatg=0 is the home of Build-It-Blocks which are good projects to help kids understand how LEGO mechanics work. Lots of neat ideas here!

http://www.pienetwork.org/a2z/m/modules/  offers LEGO motion modules which are similar to those found on Build-It-Blocks.

http://www.roboticslearning.com/examples/robots.html is a page with many photos of easy to build robots.

http://www.hightechkids.org/index.php?ri=2&mi=30 is the homepage of High Tech Kids, the organization that coordinates the Minnesota FLL. Every year, they upload videos explaining all of the FLL missions. The site also includes useful information on teaching LEGO robotics and coaching FLL teams.

http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/lego/rotation_sensor.html the site for those who have ever wondered why their angle (rotation) sensor seems to miss counts from time to time.

http://www.convict.lu/Jeunes/RoboticsIntro.htm is an unbelievable resource from Convict Episcopal Luxembourg. (It's a boarding school, not a prison, check the website for a quick lesson in the etymology of the word "convict".)

http://www.teamhassenplug.org includes the Great Ball Contraption which is a Rube Goldberg project similar Robotic Park's Perpetual Motion machine. Steve has also loaded photos and building plans for many of his creations, including LegWay, the LEGO mindstorms robot that stands on two wheels and balances, like Dean Kamen's SegWay does.

http://www.ldraw.org/ and http://www.lm-software.com/mlcad/ are CAD programs that allow you to create instructions and 3D drawings of your LEGO creations. These two programs are for Windows, while http://homepage.mac.com/aallan/mbc.html and http://bricksmith.sourceforge.net/ run on MAC computers.

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Comments from FLL World Fest judge, Marie Hopper

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