Lego Logo
New!!! State Fair
Mindstorms Competition!
Japanese Camp 2002
Lego Logo is a computer language that drives Lego robotics. Norris Middle School won a grant a while ago (1997-98) of $10,000 from the Toyota T.I.M.E. grants to buy equipment. The students build predetermined figures with the Lego pieces and then attach them to the computer via a control panel. The figures have machines, gears, wires, lights, sound, etc. and the students have to program the computer to tell the pieces to turn on, off, spin, etc. There are about 5 different sets of instructions to build different things. We were also able to get the latest creation, "MindStorms", with the movable, robotic control center (RCX).
We have 4 sets of the Control Systems, 4 sets of the Control Lab, plus 5 sets in the elementary building called "Intelligent House".
We also were given 9 laptop computers by Ameritas Corporation in Lincoln, 6 different laptops from State Farm to run the Lego equipment, and 5 more computers from Smith-Hayes Financial Corporation of Lincoln.
There are several kits that the students can put together. View them by clicking here..
Walking dinosaur (Control Systems)
Elevator (Control Systems)
Portable control panel to test things.
Here are some pictures from our first Lego Logo camp! June, 1999!
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Lindy, Lauren, Kelsey, and Nikki work together on the "Intelligent House". |
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John Miller exploring the possibilities of a tram from the Mindstorms "RoboLab" pieces. |
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Meagan Hahn and Jennifer Cooper work on a really Intelligent House.
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Ben Helmink, Eric Price, Nathan Moser, and Andy Wallman figuring out what to do. |
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Kyle Lococo, Dustin Patt, Nate Stephen, and Luke Vanderbeek working hard on a project. |
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A printer! Nate Stephen and crew put together a printer simulation. |
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A really Intelligent House made by Jennifer Cooper and Meagan Hahn. |
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Mr. Price, Meagan Hahn, and Jake Paulsen working on a RoboLab kit. |
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Andy Wallman and Nathan Moser working on another "Intense Intelligent
House".
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Dustin Patt, Luke Vanderbeek, Nate Stephen, and Kyle Lococo compete against one another in car design. |
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It was Meagan Hahn's 13th birthday (Meagan is on the left)! Her good friend Jennifer Cooper brought balloons to help celebrate. |
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(Left to right) John Miller, Brian Lococo, and James Miller were are expert helpers when things went wrong. |
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One serious group picture. |
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One not-so-serious group picture! |
(updated 6-18-99)