LegoLab project

This page will outline the work going on in the department's Lego Lab. This is based on Lego Mindstorms kit, which provides a powerful environment for educational development of hardware/software systems. (See a BBC report for details)

Some recent student project reports:

• 2002 Team report: Automated Car Park System in Lego, Ross Macdonald, John Wallace, Stuart Chalmers
• 2003 Team report: Simulation of an Industrial Process Using Lego Models: Brick Sorting & Delivery Plant Duncan Fisher, Iain McNaught, Craig Renton, Janette Schulze
• 2004 Team report: Distributed Mine Clearance System, Graham Amato, Henrik Kirkeby, Paul McKechnie, Aditya, Pahuja, Cedric Seah.
• 2005 Team report: Lego Chess Robot, Stewart Gracie, Jonathan Matthey, David Rankin, Konstantinos Topoglidis
• 2006 Team report: PCB Drilling System, Liam MacIsaac, Benjamin Marwick Johnstone

This work was supported by an EPSRC-funded Public Understanding of Science project: Portable Robotics Laboratories for Introducing Young People to the Science of Computer Programming

Old Work (1999-2000)

• Team 1 was building a Computer Aided Manufacturing system using Lego.
• Team 2 was building a crane system

The work is currently being carried out by two 3rd year ESE project teams, and this page will be used to post progress on their sites... You can also read the article about the lab in the Glasgow Herald from the 4th February 2000. (Text-only format here)