Lego Mindstorms
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hardware and software platform by Lego
Key facts
- Subject
- Robotics
- Availability
- 1 September 1998 ( 1998-09-01 ) –31 December 2022 ( 2022-12-31 )
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Encyclopedic overview
Lego Mindstorms (sometimes stylized as LEGO MINDSTORMS) is a discontinued line of educational kits for building programmable robots based on Lego bricks. It was introduced on 1 September 1998 and discontinued on 31 December 2022.
Mindstorms kits allow users to build creations that interact with the physical world. All Mindstorms kits consist of a selection of Lego Elements, a "Smart Brick" (internally known as a programmable brick or "pbrick"), which serves as the "brain" for a Mindstorms machine. Each set also includes a few attachments for the smart brick (such as motors and sensors) and programming software. Unlike conventional Lego sets, Mindstorms kits do not have a main model to build. Sample builds are included with each version of Mindstorms, but the kit is open-ended with the intent of the user creating and programming their own designs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lego Mindstorms” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.