Lego Mindstorms NXT programming, robotics, & engineering games/projects?

[Luigison]

I'm teaching a robotics class this year and wonder what robotics/engineering/programming games you guys enjoy or think would be great for teaching. I recently stumbled upon robozzle.com and think it's great. World of Goo may have a little value for the class as well. What else?

We'll be engineering and building towers, bridges, and catapults/trebuchets. Building battery operated carnival rides (roller coasters, ferris wheels , etc.) with K'Nex. And most of all we will use Lego Minstroms NXT for various tasks. Some task will be out of various books/lesson plans, but then I'll open it up to other ideas like a robot that plays Dr. Mario or 100 pin bowling in Wii Sports Resort. 

BTW, we just submitted a grant application for $5,300-$6,900 worth or Lego Mindstorms NXT equipment not to mention another grant for about $10,000 for laptops.  We will start with the Robotics Engineering I and the Education Resource Sets, but I plan to expand with more sensors and sets with my own money if the grants don't fully fund my project. 

Any ideas on games/projects we could do?

[WarpRattler]

World of Goo would definitely be good if you're exploring physics simulation. You may also want to look at Garry's Mod if that's the case, though it'd be more to demonstrate ragdoll physics.

[Lizard Dude]

The only thing I thought of after reading your post was light-Bot. You have to get a robot to light up all the blue squares in the level by creating a program by dragging icons into an order. It gets pretty complicated and even lets you call subroutines.

[bobman37]

Whoa this is crazy, that sounds exactly like a class my school just started offering this year, right down to the K'NEX roller coasters.