Exo Suit41 ReviewsFIND MORE PRODUCTS LIKE THISIdeasGo on a mission to discover the amazing Exo Suit!Talk about taking Legos to the next level. Danny Benedettelli, a freelance Lego designer, used Lego bricks and other electronics to build a human-like robot. That’s pretty cool on its own. But he took it one step further: The robot is controlled by a suit that is also made out of Legos. So when Benedettelli wears the suit — an “exosuit” — the robot mimics his actions. Benedettelli, who customizes Lego models for companies and educational programs, used Legos and electronic components to create the suit and used the Lego Mindstorm NXT system to create the robot. The robot, which Benedettelli has dubbed his Cyclops project, is connected to the exosuit via Bluetooth. His movements are captured and then sent wirelessly to the robot’s motors so that it also can mimic his actions. So far, Benedettelli has only created the suit to control the upper part of the robot, including the shoulders, arms and hands.
But he mentions in his video that he is working to add controls to control the legs. Check out the full video of Benedettelli controlling the bot with his body. NOW WATCH: This robot wakes you up in the morning and checks if you turned off the oven when you leave the house Lego Ideas (formerly known as Lego Cuusoo) is a website run by Chaordix and The Lego Group, which allows users to submit ideas for Lego products to be turned into potential sets available commercially, with the original designer receiving 1% of the royalties.[1] It started in 2008 as an offshoot of the Japanese website Cuusoo. Lego Ideas was first introduced as an offshoot of the Japanese website Cuusoo, produced as a collaboration between that company and The Lego Group. Titled Lego Cuusoo, the site was labeled a beta site and remained so until the unveiling of Lego Ideas as a finished product.[2] In 2014, the platform moved to Chaordix. Users express their idea by combining a written description of the idea and a sample Lego model that demonstrates the concept into a project page.
Once the page is published it is viewable to other users. The goal of every project is to be supported by 10,000 different users, which would then make the project eligible for review. At first, projects would be kept on the Cuusoo/Ideas website for up to two years and then taken down if the project did not reach the 10,000 required votes of support. Lego Ideas later changed the threshold to include a minimum number of 1,000 votes in the first year after submission or the project would expire, followed by six months to reach 5,000 and then another six months to reach the 10,000 supported votes. Originally, project submissions were allowed to be about anything and had no limits on the size and style of project. After sets began to be rejected with stated reasons, Lego Ideas announced restrictions on content including the use of no new part molds, banning intellectual properties owned by competing toy companies, and adult content. Lego Ideas further restricted project submissions in June 2016 by limiting the size of the project, any project replicating a life-size weapon, and any project based on an intellectual property already produced as a set by Lego Ideas/Cuusoo.
All eligible projects are collectively reviewed in the order of whichever projects hit 10,000 supporters within any of the three tri-annual deadlines of May, September, or January. Due to the increasing number of project submissions based on ideas that the Lego Company would reject, Lego Ideas has refined its submission standards over the years. Since its inception, a number of sets that have reached the 10,000 vote threshold have been rejected during the review for various reasons. Some rejected sets have been based on specific intellectual properties were rejected due to the content matter presented. Anything which contains alcohol, sex, drugs, religious references, post-World War II warfare or based on a first-person shooter is deemed inappropriate for younger Lego fans.[1] IPs that have been rejected for this reason have been based on Firefly[5] and Shaun of the Dead. Other projects which have been rejected include ones based on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic due to the property being owned by rival toy manufacturer Hasbro,[7] certain sets based on The Legend of Zelda due to the need to create too many original molds, although Lego did not completely rule out other projects based on the franchise,[8] and a Sandcrawler set for the Ultimate Collector Series due to The Lego Group's ongoing collaboration with Lucasfilm on Lego
In the first 2015 review, announced in October 2015, no projects were selected for the first time[10] as the many projects were rejected for various reasons. Many of these projects would not have met the revised submission standards issued in June 2016. If the product is cleared for production, it is developed and later released as an official set under the "Lego Ideas" banner. Users that have their projects produced receive ten copies of the final set, as well as a 1% royalty of the product's net sales. Currently fifteen sets have been produced and eighteen sets have been announced: Set based on an original idea Set based on an existing theme/license or intellectual property Bold line indicates when branding changed from Cuusoo to Ideas ^ a b c New (134) from $27.58 Sold by CASTLE (No Tax) and Fulfilled by Amazon.DetailsLEGO BATMAN MOVIE Mr. Freeze Ice Attack 70901 Building Kit (201 Piece) FREE Shipping on orders over . Put on your spacesuit and head out with Pete, Yves and their robot turtle on a mission to discover the long-lost Exo Suit!
Selected by LEGO Ideas members (formerly known as CUUSOO), this amazing model first appeared in the unofficial book, LEGO Space, written by LEGO fan and builder, Peter Reid. Featuring possible limbs, opening cockpit, grabbing claws and an intricate, modular form that you can tune to suit the most challenging missions, this amazing Exo Suit captures the essence of Classic Space design - and for the first time in 30 years, we've kitted Pete and Yves out in green spacesuits with the Classic Space logo! This set also includes building instructions and a fun booklet containing a cool space-themed story featuring the models and from the set, plus information about the creator. Includes 2 astronaut . 10.3 x 7.5 x 1.8 inches 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) #9,594 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) #305 in Toys & Games > Building & Construction Toys > Building Sets LEGO Ideas The Big Bang Theory 21302 Building Kit LEGO Star Wars Carbon-Freezing Chamber 75137