In celebration of the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, on Mars, Doug Moran and Will Gorman of BattleBricks.com built a LEGO MINDSTORMS model of the Mars Curiosity Rover. The model was part of the Build the Future in Space event at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The LEGO Curiosity Rover relies on 7 NXT Bricks running leJOS NXT. It employs 13 NXT Motors, two Power Function Motors, and 1000+ LEGO Bricks.
An article on the event can be found at inhabitat.com. There is also an article by the creators themselves at BattleBricks.com
LEGO Mars Curiosity Rover by Doug Moran and Will Gorman of BattleBricks
Here is a video of the rover in action!
Check out LEGOSpace.com to learn more about the long-awaited NASA-LEGO partnership. And be sure to check out what the real Curiosity Rover is experiencing on Mars!
