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See the book "Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas" by Seymour Papert. Free from MIT.
https://mindstorms.media.mit.edu
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language)
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_graphics
Sad to see this as someone who enjoyed these as a kid and entering robotics competitions based off of them; hopefully the new products will keep the spirit alive. There was even some decent FOSS tooling that developed on top of Mindstorms: I used NXC (Not eXactly C, https://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/nbc/welcome.html ) which was a C-like language for programming Lego Mindstorms. It looks like the last release of NXC was…
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> 3D print these suckers? Famously, LEGO has an extremely tight manufacturing tolerance that's around 10um [1]. Your 3d printer is much better than mine. :) 1. Page 8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego#cite_ref-Companyprofile_3...
SLA printer could do it, they even mention using it for prototyping on the wiki page
That's somewhat bittersweet. The company I now work for and lead was inspired by mindstorms. Our founder had written a DOS based software for alarm receiving centers. Even back then he and his prime customer were unsatisfied with the restricting logic of managing alarms by only having a few choices how to react to an alarm. Usually show some text, and have a person call someone and then write up a protocol. So he bui…
Bittersweet‽ What's the sweet part of Lego discontinuing Mindstorms?
It got me really interested in robotics to the point where I decided I would move halfway across the world for college to get educated further in robotics. I did that and I am now a professional roboticist. None of that would’ve happened if it wasn’t for Lego Mindstorms. Sad to see it go. Their spike prime kit looks way too basic compared to how mature and extensible the mindstorms ecosystem is.
Any alternatives that anyone could suggest for young children looking to get an introduction to robotics?
There is Fischertechnik, a German brand. Don't know how common it is outside Germany. It's pretty close to "real" robotics/construction. https://www.fischertechnik.de/en
The factory must grow into real space.
That's somewhat bittersweet. The company I now work for and lead was inspired by mindstorms. Our founder had written a DOS based software for alarm receiving centers. Even back then he and his prime customer were unsatisfied with the restricting logic of managing alarms by only having a few choices how to react to an alarm. Usually show some text, and have a person call someone and then write up a protocol. So he bui…
Bittersweet‽ What's the sweet part of Lego discontinuing Mindstorms?
Lego is similar to Nint€ndo and Di$ney, they do not support the free culture, instead their lawers fight agains to free software projects or charity events. Any educational tool/toy must be public domain or free license.
What if this kind of thinking would lead to no Legos at all?