Mars Curiosity Rover made from LEGO® MINDSTORMS®

Mars Curiosity RoverWith the Curiosity rover landing on Mars yesterday, it’s great to see that two LEGO® fans from Battle Bricks have created a scale replica of the rover that’s currently investigating the Martian surface using LEGO® MINDSTORMS® resources.

The model rover is powered by 7 MINDSTORMS NXT Bricks, 13 NXT servo motors and constructed and controlled using a whole lot of LEGO elements.

Take a look at the video below to see the rover in action. Could you challenge your class to construct a model that mimics some of functions of the rover?

Mars Curiosity Rover video

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