{"id":11756,"date":"2016-10-22T12:11:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T01:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/?p=11756"},"modified":"2022-07-18T15:49:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T05:49:33","slug":"open-roberta-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/open-roberta-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Roberta Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>Open Roberta Lab<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(https:\/\/lab.open-roberta.org\/<\/a>)\u00a0<\/span>is a free, drag-and-drop, cloud-based programming platform. We played around with it last year and wrote about how to use it to program a LEGO EV3 robot. (Check out this article if you\u2019re interested: <\/span>http:\/\/legoeng.local\/open-roberta\/<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n The latest edition of Open Roberta Lab<\/em> has many cool new features and long time LEGO users will be excited by the addition of NXT as a supported platform.<\/span><\/p>\n Unlike the EV3, which still requires an SD card and WiFi dongle, the NXT will work with the default firmware and a USB cable. To use <\/span>Open Roberta<\/span><\/i> with your NXT, you\u2019ll first need to download the appropriate USB Program for your operating system (<\/span>https:\/\/mp-devel.iais.fraunhofer.de\/wiki\/display\/ORInfo\/USB+Verbindung<\/span><\/a>). This allows the software to send the programs you create to the NXT. Once the USB program is installed, plug in your NXT, and click \u201cconnect\u201d. This will generate a series of numbers and letters called a token. \u00a0The token should appear at \u00a0the top of the window. By typing the token into the Open Roberta Lab connect box, your robot will be connected to Open Roberta! You should hear a beeping noise and see the name of your NXT appear at the top of the computer screen to confirm that you are connected. <\/span><\/p>\n After the setup process is done, you can create programs and download them via USB to the NXT brick by hitting the \u201crun\u201d button. Once this is completed, your programs will appear normally on the NXT and can be accessed by navigating to My Files, Software Files, and then the name of your program.<\/span><\/p>\n