February 16, 2004

LEGO MINDSTORMS APU (from Matrix)

February 2004: This is a reproduction of the Armored Personnel Unit (A.P.U.), the notorious Zion Gatekeeper robot from the Matrix movies. It is a biped that […]
April 16, 2004

LEGO MINDSTORMS RCX output Multiplexer (MUX)

April 2004: I developed a simple yet effective motor multiplexer for RCX, to raise the number of motors it can drive from 3 to 6. It’s really […]
April 16, 2004

LEGO MINDSTORMS RCX Input expander

June 4, 2004

Angle Sensor for LEGO MINDSTORMS RCX

July 17, 2004

LEGO MINDSTORMS analog proximity sensor (RCX)

August 1, 2004

LEGO MINDSTORMS RCX Biped

August 2004: After many trials, here’s a smooth weight shifting biped walker, powered with a single motor. The legs mechanism let it swing side to side while walking. […]
October 5, 2004

Yellow Dwarf

October 2004: Compact, smooth, and powered by only two motors, this little biped robot uses a standard Lego Light Sensor as proximity sensor, using signals emitted […]
December 17, 2004

LEGO MINDSTORMS AT-ST (RCX)

December 2004: This is a walker biped, shaped as the famous chicken walker of the Star Wars movies, the All Terrain – Scout Transport (AT-ST). It can […]
March 17, 2005

Little Johnny 5 (RCX)

March 2005: This little cute LEGO replica of Johnny 5 robot has working treads, poseable head, neck, eyebrows, hands and laser gun. It’s built from a single LEGO […]
September 1, 2005

LEGO MINDSTORMS on/off proximity sensor (RCX)

October 15, 2005

Hexapod walker (RCX)

This small LEGO MINDSTORMS RCX hexapod robot can walk and turn in place. It has three motors: Two motors move external legs forward and backward. A […]
October 16, 2005

LEGO Owl

Here’s another biped robot, in the shape of a standing owl. I used only RIS 2.0 parts, plus a rotation sensor. This is a weight-shifting biped walker. It uses 2 […]
April 17, 2006

NXT Turtle 1.0

April 2006: This robotic pet features an autonomous behavior modelled using a state machine. It walks around, and when it’s scared by someone approaching or by […]
May 17, 2006

Mine Sweeper

The Mine Sweeper robot scans for black bricks on flat light surfaces, collects and stores them in its large compartment. This robot is described in my book […]
March 17, 2008

Q Learning robot snail

May 1, 2008

The first NXT LEGO Rubik’s cube solver

September 26, 2008
a LEGO horse racing game built withLEGO MINDSTORMS NXT with free building instructions

Horse race

September 13, 2009

LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Thinking Robots

November 10, 2009

Audrey II – People Eating Plant

April 26, 2010

Resonant biped robot

August 1, 2010

Omnibot

September 26, 2010

Serious NXT Soccer Game

September 26, 2010

Making of NXT Soccer Game

During 2010, Mario Ferrari and I joined the efforts to make a fully autonomous soccer game system using MINDSTORMS NXT. Here’s some picture from the making of […]
June 1, 2011
a working LEGO industrial model of a warehouse showing simulation of a logistic process

Industrial plant model

December 2, 2011
freelance LEGO designer Daniele Benedettelli with his robot Cyclops

Cyclops

February 10, 2012
A robotic turtle made with LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0

NXT Turtle 2.0

February 17, 2012

Tripod

February 2012: The Tripod is built after the alien invaders of the War of the Worlds movie. Its unique way of walking allows this monster to […]
March 2, 2013
LEGONARDO is a LEGO portrayer robot

LEGONARDO

August 28, 2013

RCX creations

My RCX creations (2004-2006)  
September 2, 2013

New exoskeleton prototype

I am developing a new exoskeleton to control the upper limbs of Cyclops mk 3. This time, I’m using my dear old wooden puppet Molla as a […]
September 5, 2013

NXT2WIFI – LEGO WiFi module

September 13, 2013

Ball and Plate 1 (NXT)

A Ball and Plate system is a device that attempts to balance a ball on a plate. It is a well-known feedback control exercise for engineering students, […]
September 13, 2013

Creating Cool LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Robots

September 16, 2013

Color Sorter (4DOF arm)

September 17, 2013

LEGO Forklift with Linear Actuator

September 17, 2013

NXTAPOD – NXT hexapod walker

September 17, 2013

AT-ST (NXT)

This is a LEGO AT-ST walker (All Terrain Scout Transport) from the Star Wars saga. It walks and turns using just two motors. This LEGO MINDSTORMS biped […]
September 17, 2013

Low cost smart wheelchair

September 17, 2013

Portrayer robot

September 18, 2013

My LEGO Rubik’s cube solver story

 First trip: Luxembourg My LEGO Rubik’s cube solver (result of the LEGO Rubik Utopia project) started travelling on 22 September 2007, to be shown at the […]
September 23, 2013

Cyclops mk III

Cyclops mark 3 is a complete redesign of my previous LEGO mecha. I developed a new two-motor walking core that I am reusing in my latest […]
September 30, 2013
EV3 Biped robot that serves tea, as ancient japanese karakuri

Tea serving EV3 robot (Karakuri ningyō)

October 7, 2013

Jaeger

December 22, 2013

EV3 Animatronic Heads

December 2013: After having designed this creepy animatronic head using the LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 core set 45544, I adapted it to be built also with […]
January 29, 2014

The Education version of The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Laboratory

June 26, 2014

Danny’s Lab T-shirts

At some LEGO event and TV interview, I was wearing my EV3L hoodie, and many people liked it a lot. I also made some really cool t-shirts with Cyclops printed […]
June 26, 2014

LEGO Duck Maker (Pick-a-Duck)

August 28, 2014
LEGO electric guitar

EL3CTRIC GUITAR

February 16, 2015
LEGO Wall-e made with EV3

🔒 LEGO WALL-E (WALL·EV3)

LEGO WALL-E (WALL·EV3) The cutest robot in the classroom! WALL-EV3 is shaped after Disney Pixar's WALL·E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter – Earth-Class), a fictional trash compactor […]
March 20, 2015
LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 CHAPPiE

🔒 LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 CHAPPiE

April 20, 2015
Build a LEGO robot with set 10692

Build a LEGO robot with set #10692

May 20, 2015
LEGO analog clock built with EV3

🔒 Analog Clock

LEGO Clock Rock around the LEGO clock! This is an old-fashioned analog LEGO clock with the minute and the hour hands. A single EV3 Medium motor drive […]
June 30, 2015
LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 rattlesnake

🔒 LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Rattlesnake

LEGO Rattlesnake A fierce LEGO reptile You can build this LEGO rattlesnake with a single LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 set 45544. This EV3 project allows you to scare […]
August 31, 2015

Brick-a-Braille (modular teaching system)

December 1, 2015
Pick and place robot arm that sorts gears in a mysterious way

🔒 LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Mysterious Gear Sorter

Mysterious Gear Sorter A baffling pick and place robot arm You might have seen many LEGO robots that can sort parts by color, but few robots […]
December 17, 2015
LEGO Car Factory built with LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 and custom electronics

LEGO Car Factory (CEA LIST)

February 3, 2016
Chip & Dale are LEGO mecha built with Edu and Retail set

🔒 LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Mecha Chip & Dale

July 10, 2016

LEGO robotic cell model for ABB press automation

August 18, 2016

LEGO Lenticular Mosaic

December 30, 2016

🔒 EV3 Animatronic Head

July 31, 2017
A LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 Turtle

🔒 EV3 Turtle (set 45544)

EV3 Turtle A shy robotic pet EV3 Turtle is a shy robotic pet that can walk around avoiding obstacles. It's very shy, so it will retract […]
January 9, 2018
A LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 animatronic head built with Education core set 45544

🔒 EV3 Animatronic Head (Education)

LEGO Animatronic Head Build a LEGO EV3 Animatronic Head This EV3 animatronic head is designed using the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Education core set 45544. Its name […]
February 9, 2018
LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Biped robot (education set 45544)

🔒 EV3 biped – tea serving karakuri

LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Humanoid Robot A tea serving EV3 Biped Robot This EV3 biped robot can walk and turn smoothly. It has a tray on which […]
March 9, 2018
EV3 tricycle robot that can smoothly follow lines on the ground

🔒 EV3 Tricycle

LEGO MINDSTORMS Tricycle A smooth line-following robot This EV3 tricycle robot is just not the same EV3 wheeled robot! Itcan move around thanks to the frontal wheel […]
April 9, 2018
SNABPBOT is a LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 robot based on modules that can be combined in more than 100 ways

🔒 SNAPBOT

EV3 SNAPBOT More than 100 robots in one! SNAPBOT is a modular LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 robot that can be assembled in more than 100 different ways. Converting the […]
May 22, 2018
A LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 robot that can build LEGO ducks

🔒 Duck Maker 4

LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Duck Maker 4 A LEGO robot that builds with LEGO bricks This EV3 project is finally public, because of the strong demand of […]
May 29, 2018
TIC TAC TO3 is a LEGO MINDSTORMS robot with artificial intelligence

🔒 TIC TAC TO3

LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 tic-tac-toe playing robot A LEGO robot that plays tic tac toe This EV3 project allows you to build a robot that plays the famous […]
June 22, 2018
LEGO automaton that can play programmable tunes on a xylophone

LEGO musical automaton

July 25, 2018
A simple LEGO swing built with Simple & Powered Machines set 9686

Swing (9686)

July 31, 2018
LEGO WeDo 2.0 line following robot uses a special mechanism to drive and steer

LEGO WeDo 2.0 ZigZag

September 6, 2018
A race car built with LEGO WeDo 2.0 that can drive and steer!

LEGO WeDo 2.0 Racing Car

October 5, 2018
LEGO WeDo 2.0 Sumo robot controled by remote joystick

LEGO WeDo 2.0 RC Sumo Bot

October 18, 2018

Fatti ritrarre da LEGONARDO!

December 1, 2018
The JAEG3R is a massive LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 humanoid robot

🔒 JAEG3R – EV3 Humanoid Robot

LEGO MINDSTORMS Education humanoid robot JAEG3R Wait, can it really walk?!? The JAEG3R is a massive LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 humanoid robot I designed back in 2014. […]
February 6, 2019
LEGO WeDo 2.0 Sumo robot controled by remote joystick

🔒 WeDo 2.0 SumoBot

LEGO WeDo 2.0 Sumo Bot An amazing two-set WeDo 2.0 project! Here's a two-set LEGO WeDo 2.0 project, a sturdy LEGO sumo robot that you can […]
February 6, 2019
A race car built with LEGO WeDo 2.0 that can drive and steer!

🔒 WeDo 2.0 Race Car

LEGO WeDo 2.0 Racing Car An obstacle? Don't worry, it can steer! This Racing Car is built with the parts from the LEGO WeDo 2.0 set. This […]
February 6, 2019
LEGO WeDo 2.0 line following robot uses a special mechanism to drive and steer

🔒 WeDo 2.0 Zig Zag

LEGO WeDo 2.0 Zig Zag Move and steer with a single motor ZigZag is a LEGO WeDo 2.0 robot that can follow lines on the ground, and can […]
April 17, 2019
A LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 transformer robot that can turn into a bulldozer

🔒 Xdozer – transformer robot

Xdozer LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 transformer robot This robot can turn into a bulldozer! Xdozer is a LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 transformer robot. Thanks to a special mechanism, […]
May 26, 2019
A LEGO MINDSTORMS Retail EV3 transformer robot that can turn into a bulldozer

🔒 Xdozer – transformer robot

July 10, 2019
This is LEGO WeDo 2.0 four wheel drive car (4WD) that can travel across rough terrains

🔒 LEGO WeDo 2.0 4WD Car

LEGO WeDo 2.0 4WD Car Rough terrains are not a problem! This 4WD Car is built with the parts from the LEGO WeDo 2.0 set #45300. […]
July 20, 2019
This car can drive straight and steer going backwards. It's built with a single LEGO 9686 set

LEGO Steering Car (9686)

July 31, 2019
A spaceship arcade game built with LEGO BOOST set 17101

🔒 LEGO BOOST Spaceship Game

LEGO BOOST Spaceship Game Classic arcade... LEGO BOOST style! This LEGO BOOST project lets you become the pilot of a spaceship! You can build this game […]
August 21, 2019
A ballerina (dancer) built with LEGO WeDo 2.0

🔒 LEGO WeDo 2.0 Ballerina

LEGO WeDo 2.0 Ballerina On the tip of a cam This ballerina (classic ballet dancer) is built with the parts from the LEGO WeDo 2.0 set […]
November 28, 2019
Star Wars Astromech Droid R2-D2built with LEGO WeDo 2.0 set

🔒 LEGO WeDo 2.0 R2-D2

LEGO WeDo 2.0 R2-D2 LEGO WeDo 2.0 R2-D2 ⇒ We2-D2 !!! Here's my version of the famous astromech Droid R2-D2, built with the parts from just […]
November 29, 2019
Batman Tumbler batmobile built with LEGO WeDo 2.0

🔒 LEGO WeDo 2.0 Tumbler

LEGO WeDo 2.0 Tumbler No black Tumbler, this time! "Does it come in black?" That's what Bruce Wayne asked Lucius Fox when he showed him the […]
December 17, 2019
this LEGO BOOST plotter canwrite text and draw

🔒 LEGO BOOST Mobile Plotter

LEGO BOOST Mobile Plotter Write anything anywhere with this LEGO plotter This LEGO BOOST plotter robot lets you write text on any flat surface. You can […]
April 16, 2020
The Three Little Pigs classic story staged with the LEGO WeDo 2.0 set 45300.

🔒 The Three Little Pigs (LEGO WeDo 2.0)

The Three Little Pigs (LEGO WeDo 2.0) A classic tale staged with LEGO WeDo 2.0 As a father, I am amazed by how my daughter inspires […]
May 18, 2020
A working guitar built with LEGO SPIKE Prime

🔒 LEGO SPIKE Guitar

LEGO SPIKE Prime Guitar This LEGO Guitar is ready to rock! The LEGO SPIKE Prime set 45678 includes large elements that allows you to quickly build […]
June 18, 2020
LEGO Plastic Recycling Plant that simulates shredding, washing, sorting and injection molding

🔒 Plastic Recycling Plant Model

LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Industrial Model Plastic Recycling Plant An educational Plastic Recycling Plant The LEGO Plastic Recycling Plant is a complex and massive LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 […]
July 3, 2020
Whac-a-mole game built with LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox 17101.

🔒 LEGO BOOST WHAC-A-MOLE

LEGO BOOST WHAC-A-MOLE Are you fast enough? This LEGO BOOST Whac-A-Mole game  is my own version of the classic arcade game. Moles pop up from their […]
September 15, 2020
LEGO BOOST music sequencer

🔒 LEGO BOOST Music Sequencer

LEGO BOOST Music Sequencer Making electronic music with LEGO BOOST With this LEGO Music Sequencer, you can compose drum and weird electronic music loops. This LEGO […]
September 15, 2020
A functional LEGO Cash Register based on LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox 17101.

🔒 LEGO BOOST Cash Register

LEGO BOOST Cash Register Food? I'd rather go shopping for LEGO bricks This LEGO Cash Register features a working conveyor belt, a price tag scanner that […]
November 15, 2020

🔒 LEGO BOOST Steam Train

LEGO BOOST Steam Train Choo Choo! All aboard the LEGO BOOST Train This LEGO BOOST Steam Train Locomotive is inspired by the steam train locomotive 131 […]
December 15, 2020

🔒 LEGO BOOST Blaster Gun

LEGO BOOST Blaster Gun Put'em up! I have a LEGO dart gun loaded and ready to fire! Nobody will get hurt by this fun LEGO BOOST […]
December 15, 2020

🔒 LEGO BOOST Motorbike

LEGO BOOST Motorbike First gear... it's alright! "It's not a big motorcycle, just a little groovy motorbike" sang the Beach Boys. You can build this LEGO […]
January 3, 2021
A smooth LEGO BOOST walker biped robot that can balance on two legs and turn

🔒 LEGO BOOST Walker Robot

LEGO BOOST Walking Robot Look, mom! Without wheels! This cute LEGO robot can walk and turn smoothly by shifting its weight from one foot to the […]
January 25, 2021
A LEGO airplane built with LEGO BOOST creative toolbox, with spinning propeller and moving ailerons

🔒 LEGO BOOST Airplane

LEGO BOOST Airplane Flying through the air You can build this LEGO Airplane with a single LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox set 17101. This LEGO Airplane features […]
February 10, 2021
a cute LEGO BOOST puppy that walks, sits down, bark

🔒 LEGO BOOST Puppy

LEGO BOOST Puppy A cute LEGO puppy You can build this LEGO puppy with a single LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox set 17101. This LEGO dog pet […]
March 9, 2021
A ping pong ball shooting turret built with LEGO BOOST creative toolbox 17101

🔒 LEGO BOOST Ball Shooter

LEGO BOOST Ball Shooter Ready? Aim... shoot! You can build this ping pong Ball Shooter with a single LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox set 17101. You can […]
May 27, 2021
lego boost plotter drawing robot can draw any image you want

🔒 LEGO BOOST Image Plotter

LEGO BOOST Puppy Draw anything you want! You can build this LEGO Plotter with a single LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox set 17101. You can control the […]
September 25, 2021
HugBot is a LEGO biped walking robot that can grab and lift objects

🔒 HugBot (Robot Inventor / SPIKE + expansion)

HugBot (Robot Inventor / SPIKE) HugBot is more than a walking robot! HugBot can walk and turn on two legs. Besides that, its special shoulder mechanism […]
September 25, 2021
A LEGO robot bird, that you can train to sort bricks by color, built with the LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor set 51515.

🔒 Learning Brick Sorting Bird (Inventor)

October 7, 2021
Johnny 5 from Short Circuit movie built with LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox 17101

🔒 LEGO BOOST Johnny 5

LEGO BOOST Johnny 5 Johnny Five is alive! Johnny 5 is the robot star from 1986 science fiction comedy film Short Circuit. One of five experimental […]
February 4, 2022
LEGO BOOST T-Rex walking roaring dinosaur model instructions for download

🔒 LEGO BOOST T. Rex

May 3, 2022
With this LEGO BOOST Magic Box you can perform real magic tricks at the wave of your wand

🔒 LEGO BOOST Magic Box

LEGO BOOST Magic Box Hocus Pocus! Brickus Morphus! This LEGO box allows you to entertain your public with a magic trick. Place your hand on the […]
June 17, 2022
CODIE is a LEGO BOOST robot that can be programmed on the fly

LEGO BOOST on-the-fly coding robot

July 7, 2022
Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter built with LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox 17101

🔒 LEGO BOOST X-Wing Starfighter

LEGO BOOST X-Wing Starfighter Ready to swoosh! LEGO has released several building sets featuring the X-Wing Starfighter from the Star  Wars movies. Now you can build […]
August 13, 2022
A LEGO robot bird, that you can train to sort bricks by color, built with the LEGO SPIKE PRIME 45678

🔒 Learning Brick Sorting Bird (SPIKE)

Learning Brick Sorter Bird LEGO Education SPIKE Prime Artificial Intelligence made simple This LEGO robot bird can sort bricks by color and can be built with the […]
August 13, 2022

🔒 Learning Brick Sorting Bird (EV3)

August 22, 2022
All terrain scout transport AT-ST walker built with LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor set 51515

🔒 LEGO AT-ST walker (Robot Inventor)

All Terrain Scout Transport LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor Chicken walker, for friends This LEGO AT-ST walker (All Terrain Scout Transport) is designed after the infamous walking […]
August 30, 2022
LEGO MINDSTORMS 51515 memory game like Simon Says

🔒 Memory Game (Robot Inventor)

September 10, 2022
LEGO WeDo 2.0 with exposed gear transmission to learn about gears and gear ratio, includes student worksheet and lesson plan

🔒 WeDo 2.0 Geared Car

LEGO WeDo 2.0 Geared Car a car with easily interchangeable gear transmission Geared up! This Geared Car is built with the parts from the LEGO WeDo […]
December 9, 2022

🔒 LEGO BOOST old-fashioned Radio

LEGO BOOST Radio All we hear is... Today we are used to digital radio equipment that search the stations automatically, and tune themselves on the right […]
December 10, 2022

🔒 LEGO SPIKE Essential Bundle #1

LEGO SPIKE Essential original models Original models that I designed with the LEGO Education SPIKE Essential set 45345. Sound Sequencer Color Sorter Mini Great Ball Contraption […]
December 13, 2022
The classic story of Red Riding Hood staged with the LEGO WeDo 2.0 set 45300.

🔒 Red Riding Hood (LEGO WeDo 2.0)

Red Riding Hood A classic tale staged with LEGO WeDo 2.0 I am amazed by how my kids inspire me to invent new things with LEGO. […]
January 3, 2023
LEGO WeDo 2.0 steam train locomotive and tender that can drive on LEGO DUPLO train tracks.

🔒 WeDo 2.0 Steam Train

LEGO WeDo 2.0 Steam Train Locomotive and Tender compatible with LEGO DUPLO train tracks All aboard! Choo! Choo! Here it comes the LEGO WeDo steam train. […]
July 18, 2023
This LEGO SPIKE Prime car is smart enough to navigate autonomously, follow lines on the road. You can control it directly using the Powered Up Remote!

🔒 SPIKE Prime Self-Driving Car

August 4, 2023
A six-legged walking bug built with SPIKE Prime set 45678

🔒 SPIKE Prime Walking Bug

October 31, 2023
Build this 6 SPACE Themed models with LEGO Education SPIKE Essential

🔒 LEGO SPIKE Essential Space Theme

LEGO SPIKE Essential Space Theme As you follow the adventures of the Space Exploration Acamedy cadets Emma and Alex, I invite you to embark on your […]
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