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Thank you for your reply, ipso. I suppose I didn't make my concern clear enough ;)

The more precise question would've been:

    Had anybody successfully used ROS to control mobile Lego Mindstorms robots?

For our next term robotics lab, we're going to teach model based software development using java and mindstorms. As nxt_ros doesn't work properly with bluetooth (due to bandwith limitations). This either implies to build stationary robots only - which is a bit dull - or to find another way to connect nxt_ros or nxt_lejos to the brick remotely.

One options might be one of the available wifi blocks for mindstorms

• WifiBlock from generationrobots, and
• the Wifi Sensor from Dexter Industries.

I'm curious if anybody had similiar issues and how they've solved it and if somebody maybe had experience with external wifi adapters or other hardware solutions.

Thank you for your reply, ipso. I suppose I didn't make my concern clear enough ;)

The more precise question would've been:

    Had anybody successfully used ROS to control mobile Lego Mindstorms robots?

For our next term robotics lab, we're going to teach model based software development using java and mindstorms. As nxt_ros doesn't work properly with bluetooth (due to bandwith limitations). This limitations), this either implies to build stationary robots only - which is a bit dull - or to find another way to connect nxt_ros or nxt_lejos to the brick remotely.

One options might be one of the available wifi blocks for mindstorms

• WifiBlock from generationrobots, and
• the Wifi Sensor from Dexter Industries.

I'm curious if anybody had similiar issues and how they've solved it and if somebody maybe had experience with external wifi adapters or other hardware solutions.

Thank you for your reply, ipso. I suppose I didn't make my concern clear enough ;)

The more precise question would've been:

 Had anybody successfully used How to use ROS to control mobile Lego Mindstorms robots?

For our next term robotics lab, we're going to teach model based software development using java and mindstorms. As nxt_ros doesn't work properly with bluetooth (due to bandwith limitations), this either implies to build stationary robots only - which is a bit dull - or to find another way to connect nxt_ros or nxt_lejos to the brick remotely.

One options might be one of the available wifi blocks for mindstorms

• WifiBlock from generationrobots, and
• the Wifi Sensor from Dexter Industries.

I'm curious if anybody had similiar issues and how they've solved it and if somebody maybe had experience with external wifi adapters or other hardware solutions.