Photos: Lego robots take over Microsoft

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26 July 2006

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A table is covered with Lego Mindstorms NXT robots at the 'Big Robot on Campus' event on Monday at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Lego's robot programmers are touring the US, showing off the new technology at universities and big tech companies.

Microsoft has begun a robotics project of its own, with software called Microsoft Robotics Studio.

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This Lego Mindstorms NXT model can deliver vitamins. It was created by developer programme member Dave Schilling.

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Steve Hassenplug (left), a member of the Lego Mindstorms NXT developer programme, plays with his latest concoction, a three-wheeled robot called Omni.

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Microsoft Windows Mobile software developer Brian Cross built a Lego Mindstorms NXT robot that communicates and moves based on instructions received from a Windows Mobile smart phone.

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This Lego Mindstorms NXT robot is built to sweep up dirt and dust off floors, using a Swiffer.

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Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired magazine, works on putting together the Lego Mindstorms NXT model that his children and some friends built. Anderson was taking part in the 'big robot on campus' tour of technology companies at its stop at Wired in San Francisco on 20 July.