A motorized wheelchair made from LEGO
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A drive unit for the LEGO Wheelchair
The main body is made up from lots of LEGO Technic components
The Rotacaster wheels will cater for sideways movements in a future version
The wheel housing starts to take shape
Simon Burfield making sure that the main body can withstand his weight
The 12 Rotacaster multi-directional wheels in place
The LEGO Wheelchair has six LEGO Mindstorms NXT for movement, each connected to two NXT motors and two touch sensors
The main body block with robot wheels and Mindstorms NXT units in place
The LEGO Wheelchair version 0.8
The LEGO joystick is connected to four touch sensors to run forward and backwards, and turn left and right
Main directional switching unit controlling 6 NXT's and 12 motors
Carrier for Remote Phone control
Simon Burfield has created a wheelchair from LEGO Technic and Mindstorms components and some Rotacaster robot wheels
Article Summary
Back in June we demonstrated the incredible versatility of LEGO and the mind-boggling talent of those who spend hours and hours snapping together tiny bits of plastic to create something awesome. One contender for the next round is the LEGO Wheelchair built by Simon Burfield.
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