The LEGO Group and National Instruments worked together to develop the new MINDSTORMS NXT software, which includes a simple drag-and-drop, graphical interface optimized for the target MINDSTORMS NXT ...

Students, hobbyists and tech-savvy parents who use–or plan to use–the LEGO Mindstorms kits with the NXT computer module usually program the device through a graphical language such as a subset of ...

For background, LEGO Mindstorms is an incredible robotics kit that combines a programmable "brick" into which you can plug myriad motors, sensors, and other widgets with a graphical programming ...

National Instruments and Lego Group on Tuesday announced a software update for the Lego Mindstorms NXT robotics system. The new 1.1 software — which is powered by National Instruments’ LabView ...

LAS VEGAS--Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, start your programming engines: Lego Mindstorms EV3 is here. The third full generation of Lego's programmable robotics platform, EV3 is aimed at both ...

Lego, the popular toy brick maker, graduated from simple plastic playthings in 1998 when it released its Mindstorms Robotics Invention System (RIS). Born of a collaboration between Lego and the ...

The fantastical robotic creations you design and build with Lego Mindstorms are free to explore the world you release them into, so why should you be stuck behind a computer when it comes to ...

Lego plans to release as open source the microprocessor firmware of its programmable robot product line, Mindstorms NXT, the company said Monday. As part of its open-source efforts, the iconic toy ...

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Many tech-savvy kids can operate a smartphone before they can swim or make their own meals. If the folks behind Lego Mindstorms have their way, they'll be creating robots before doing those other ...

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Although I received my Lego Mindstorms NXT kit in the mail early last week, it wasn’t until yesterday that I really had a chance to dig in, spending a whole day working through the included ...