I have a robotics class andwe are using the lego NXT robots. Is it possible to connect a pandorabot to one of those. Has anyone here ever done it?

After a minimal amount of constructive Googling, it looks as if you can use certain types of hardware to connect a MindStorm bot to WiFi, so I would tend to think that it’s possible, but I’m sure it would require special software to be written to connect to the Pandorabots API, and I don’t know if that has been accomplished at this point. I don’t know anyone personally who owns an NXT robot, so I have no direct or indirect experience to relate, but I suspect that it will be a challenge, at the very least, but also a worthwhile one.

I don’t know anything about Lego NXT robots but if you can download programs to it, try looking at Program AB, which is a standalone AIML 2.0 interpreter and doesn’t require an internet connection.

I’m just sitting here trying to imagine the advantage of chatting with a pile of Legos.

Anyway, have a look at this.

http://www.ros.org/wiki/

Thunder Walk - Aug 20, 2013:

I’m just sitting here trying to imagine the advantage of chatting with a pile of Legos.

Anyway, have a look at this.

http://www.ros.org/wiki/

lol, MindStorm NXT robots aren’t exactly your kids’ Legos.

Also, if I remember correctly, ROS is designed to be used with Arduino boards (possibly others - this isn’t my area of expertice), which the NXT robots don’t seem to use, but may possibly be integrated with (documentation is rather sketchy)

Please go to Pandorabots FAQ at http://www.pandorabots.com/botmaster/en/~118a5455c8d809a01634f316~/faq

See section H.2 Is there an API allowing other programs to talk to a Pandorabot?

Dave Morton - Aug 20, 2013:

Thunder Walk - Aug 20, 2013:

I’m just sitting here trying to imagine the advantage of chatting with a pile of Legos.

Anyway, have a look at this.

http://www.ros.org/wiki/

lol, MindStorm NXT robots aren’t exactly your kids’ Legos.

Also, if I remember correctly, ROS is designed to be used with Arduino boards (possibly others - this isn’t my area of expertice), which the NXT robots don’t seem to use, but may possibly be integrated with (documentation is rather sketchy)

I know… bad joke.  I was going to respond, “Heck yeah, you can hook Pandorabots up to anything, and everything. Just look at how overcrowded the server is already,” but then decided it was better not to.

I think I’ve mentioned it before, but my son travels the country demonstrating a Nao (pronounced now) Robot at science conventions and teacher conferences.  It performs some fairly impressive things and operates via voice command.  It costs $17,000 and he travels with it in on airplanes a cardboard box.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2STTNYNF4lk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsRsrMQy64k

I’ve seen Nao perform a number of impressive tasks, including standup comedy. Too bad it costs more than my yearly net income, or I’d want one.

Nice!!!! I’d love to see this working

We don’t have any specific example of connecting from the Lego Mindstroms.  We understand from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms_NXT that it is possible to write scripts for Lego Mindstorms in various languages.  If you can tell us which language you are using, we may be able to offer some more specific guidance regarding connecting to the Pandorabots API

Richard Wallace - Aug 21, 2013:

We don’t have any specific example of connecting from the Lego Mindstroms.  We understand from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms_NXT that it is possible to write scripts for Lego Mindstorms in various languages.  If you can tell us which language you are using, we may be able to offer some more specific guidance regarding connecting to the Pandorabots API

I think me and my partner are going to use the MRD SDK for the primary programming of the robot. The main language is C#.