Timeline

Project start: Summer 2025
(sponsored by APS DCMP mini-grant)

Recruited two undergraduate interns: Reid Russell and Julian Lee (Fall 2025)

Reid Russell
(Senior 2025, Computer Science)
Julian Lee
(Freshman 2025, Nuclear Engineering)

Prototype ver. 1 and ver. 2: based on LEGO SPIKE kit (this kit is no longer available 🙁 )

LEGO SPM prototype 1, only Z motion

LEGO SPM prototype 2, Z + XY motion

Prototype ver. 3 (Summer 2026): since SPIKE kit retired, we switched to a new LEGO Computer Science & AI Kit 6-8.

LEGO SPM prototype 3, Z + XY motion

(Manual in preparation)

16 x 16 image of a LEGO eye