Chris Anderson, the big hat at Wired, has been pursuing some fun geekery on his blog, The Long Tail. He wants to start a 3D Robotics League, and in that vein has launched a project to build an under US$1,000 UAV. As part of that, last night, he bodged up a prototype of a LEGO NXT Autopilot using the new Hitechnic Gyro Sensor and a compass sensor. He plans to upgrade the compass to Bluetooth GPS. He may also have to add a ultrasonic sensor to handle landings. Still, pretty freakin’ cool.
In other LEGO Mindstorms NXT news, another builder used the Hitechnic gyro sensor to make an NXT faux Segway. Check out this video.
