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I have looked at the motors and the EV3 motors are there and some of the sensors, but the IR sensor and the main brick is missing =/ Alright I got it now. I had to change theme.

I can't seem to find the LEGO mindsotorms brick in LDD. I have just downloaded the newest version. Do I need to download the file separately?

Yes, betwen the two of us we have experience in programming in java, html, python and lots of varriations of C (which was why we decided to write the program for this model in NXC)

Thanks for the help. Do you know any program examples we can use as inspiration?

Not really, but we thought it would be the smartest and we had seen a few clips with people combining android phones with mindstorms. We have a good grasp of programming with NXC(also the bluetooth part), but we just don't know where we should start with the android.

I don't write that often in here, but I simply had to share this model. A friend and I have worked on how to introduce kids to programming from a very early age and this is our first project: As said this is our first project in this direction and we are already tinkering with the next project, as this model have quit a few problems. The steering is not precis enough, red balls are often registered as yellow and you need two NXT models to build it! The idea with the next model is that the students should put QR stickers on a paper. We then use a smartphone to register the QR codes. The smartphone then tell the robot how to drive based on the QR codes. The only problem is that we haven't tried to combine smartphones and mindstorms yet. Does any one here have any idea what program to use, how to start working on it or another place we might be able to find some startup help? Part of the model builds on Robin Newmans ball sorter, found at: http://r.newman.ch/lego/ The program can be downloaded at: https://www.mediafire.com/?9h6bb8pggw6ymhm

Thanks for the good welcome! I would really like to make a LLD of the model, but the model is already disassempled. My wife complained that I had given up to soon on the legs and that the motor wasn't stabilized enough. I tried to defend my creation by pointing out how hard is to stabilized an M-motor in such a construct. . . Long story short: I am now rebuilding it from scratch with an L-motor instead and I will try and make an LLD of that model when it is finished.

I have been stalking the forum for quit a while and I have build a few of my own moc's, but this is the first model I want to share. After reading this great thread: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=69362&st=0 And remembering this fun mechanics: http://robotics.benedettelli.com/NXTAPOD.htm I wanted to make a shorter model that looked like a dog with only four legs and which could walk and turn with only a single motor. In the end I couldn't get any other legs to work with only one motor. Either the legs wouldn't stabilize the model well enough or there would be so much resistance in them so that the single motor wouldn't be able to run them both. In the end I used Isogawas legs and just made a slightly shorter insect model that can run and turn with a single motor. http://i.imgur.com/NZ7xLCZ.jpg Thanks to Fourlords for his LLD that helped me understand Isogawas model.