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 ...

Everyday I seem to be kicking myself that I didn't study computer science. I stare blankly at my screen and wish I could design an application then and there to work with my iPhone or some part of the ...

The program is based on LabView software from National Instruments Corp., which manufactures software and hardware that scientists and engineers use to create specialized instruments. NXT-G was made ...

Steve Hassenplug is sitting in a van with seven other people on the way to a Lego convention in Washington, DC, explaining the limitations of Lego’s previous robot-building kit, called Mindstorms. "It ...

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 ...

News has been percolating over the internet regarding the new LEGO Mindstorms NXT set, called NXT 2.0, due out this August. Kids have also gotten in on the action, participating in the FIRST LEGO ...

We’ve got it on good word that Lego will be releasing a new firmware version for their Mindstorms NXT robot kit that will “open up 60 to 80% more storage space” for user-made programs. (If you read ...

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 ...

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 ...

After what seems like a lifetime of anticipation, Lego has finally launched its Mindstorms NXT robot kit – and once again it’s hit the mark. Intelligent brick what?The core of the system is the ...

After what seems like a lifetime of anticipation, Lego has finally launched its Mindstorms NXT robot kit. We can barely type thanks to fingers worn raw from fiddling with the tiny pieces, but we can ...