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Lego Mindstorms

Robot based on the NXT platform
Subject	Robotics
Availability	1998 (1998)–
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Lego Mindstorms is a hardware and software structure which develops programmable robots based on Lego building blocks. Each version includes calculator Lego bricks, a set of modular sensors and motors, and Lego parts from the Technic line to create the mechanical systems. The system is controlled by the Lego bricks.

While originally conceptualized and launched as a tool for supporting educational constructivism, Mindstorms has become the first home robotics kit available to a wide audience. It has developed a community of developed hobbyists and hackers following the production's launch in 1998.

Pre-Mindstorms [edit]

Groundwork [edit]

In 1985 Seymour Papert, Mitchel Resnick and Stephen Ocko created a company called Microworlds with the intent of developing a construction kit that could be animated by computers for educational purposes.^{[1] : 14} Papert had previously created the Logo programming language every bit a tool to "back up the development of new ways of thinking and learning",^{[2] : xiv} and employed "Turtle" robots to physically human action out the programs in the real world.^{[two] : 55–56} Equally the types of programs created were limited past the shape of the Turtle, the idea came upwards to brand a structure kit that could use Logo commands to animate a creation of the learner's ain blueprint.^{[3] : 3} Similar to the "floor turtle" robots used to demonstrate Logo commands in the real globe, a structure system that ran Logo commands would as well demonstrate them in the real world, only allowing the child to construct their own creations benefitted the learning experience by putting them in control ^[4] In considering which construction arrangement to partner with, they wanted a "low flooring high ceiling" approach, something that was easy to pick up but very powerful. To this end, they decided to use LEGO bricks due to the system and diverseness of pieces, and the Logo language due to the groups familiarity with the software and its ease of use.^{[1] : 14} LEGO was receptive to collaboration, particularly because its educational division had founding goals very similar to those of the Microworlds company. The collaboration very chop-chop moved to the newly minted MIT Media lab, where in that location was an open sharing of ideas.^{[ane] : 14} Every bit a sponsor of the entire lab, LEGO was allowed royalty free rights to mass-produce whatsoever engineering science produced past Papert, Resnick and Ocko's group; and was also allowed to transport an employee over to assist with research, so they sent engineer Alan Tofte (besides spelled Toft) who helped with the pattern of the programmable brick.^{[1] : 35 [v] : 74} As another part of the MIT Media Lab was community outreach, so the bricks would be used working with children in schools for both enquiry and educational purposes.

LEGO/Logo, lego tc Logo (1985) [edit]

The first experiments of combining LEGO and the Logo programming language was called LEGO/Logo and it started in 1985.^[four] Like to the "floor turtles" used to demonstrate Logo commands in the real world, LEGO/Logo used Logo commands to animate Lego creations. It is important that children could build their ain machines to program, as they would then care more about their projects and exist more willing to explore the mathematical concepts involved in making them movement. The LEGO/Logo organization allowed children to create their own designs and experiments, offered multiple paths for learning and encouraged a sense of community. First, machines are built out LEGO. The machines are then connected to a computer and programmed in a modified version of Logo. The LEGO/Logo arrangement introduced new types of parts for making creations such as: motors, sensors and lights. The motors and sensors are connected to an interface box which is communicates with a computer.^[4] LEGO/Logo would later exist commercialized past the LEGO grouping LEGO tc Logo.^{[iii] : three} It was observed that using the LEGO/Logo arrangement, children developed a form of knowledge nearly the physical world that allowed those even without mathematics or verbal skills to solve problems effectively using the system.^{[v] : 23}

Logo Brick 1st Generation, "Grey Brick" (1986) [edit]

While LEGO/Logo was powerful, information technology was restricted somewhat by the requirement to take the creations fastened to a calculator.^{[3] : 3} The group began working on further iterations of the LEGO/ LOGO environment to produce a robot that could interact not only with the environment but with other robots programmed in the aforementioned system.^{[v] : 24} The experiments with an untethered brick (chosen the Logo Brick or "Grayness Brick") began in the fall of 1986. To speed upward the blueprint procedure, the Logo Brick contained the processor bit from an Apple II computer. It ran an adjusted version of LEGO/Logo written for the Apple II reckoner.^{[5] : 74} The LEGO/Logo interface box, The previous development of the group, had only two sensor ports available, which the design team observed were not e'er plenty. To accost this, they gave the Logo Brick four sensor ports. The Logo Brick was made out of a modified LEGO battery box and was about the size of a deck of cards.^{[5] : 74, 23} The Logo Brick was tested in schools.

LEGO Mindstorms and RCX (1996) [edit]

Development [edit]

While LEGO had been interested in mass-producing the programmable brick concept for a while, they had to look until enough people owned personal computers and the components required to produce the intelligent brick went down in price.^{[1] : 25} Development of what would afterwards exist known equally LEGO Mindstorms started in 1996 every bit the kickoff product of the newly created dwelling house-learning division of LEGO Pedagogy (LEGO Dacta). The product'south proper name of "Mindstorms" was intended to express the user experience of the production, it is named after Papert'due south book Mindstorms, equally the user experience was like to the educational constructivism concepts described in his book.^{[half dozen]} The LEGO abode educational activity team used the insights that MIT researchers discovered from testing the 3rd Generation Logo Brick ("Ruby Brick") in schools as the basis for the development of the mass-produced programmable brick.^{[three] : 5} The physical programmable brick was re-engineered from the ground up, as the experimental programmable bricks were not designed for robustness or cost-effective manufacturing.^{[1] : nineteen, 26} The programming language of the product was developed with assistance from members of the MIT Media lab. LEGO decided to use a Visual programming language for Mindstorms, inspired by the LOGOBlocks linguistic communication previously used with programmable brick experiments, in order to make the product attainable to children who might be unfamiliar with programming.^{[i] : 29} While the technology that Mindstorms was based on was aimed towards "all children", the chosen target demographic of LEGO Mindstorms was intentionally narrow, in lodge to garner positive press by outselling expectations. The conclusion was fabricated to aim the product towards 10 to 14-yr-one-time boys, partially considering it was LEGO's bread-and-butter demographic, and partially based on market research (not substantiated by the findings of the MIT Media Lab) which concluded that this demographic would be most attracted to computerized toys. This choice of target demographic directly informed the colour of the RCX brick (which was fabricated yellowish and black to resemble construction equipment) and the sample uses for the Mindstorms kit (such equally making autonomous robots).^{[1] : 28}

The project'due south at-starting time low contour immune the Mindstorms squad the freedom to develop the product using operating procedures and so-unorthodox to the LEGO Group.^{[vii] : 1062} Different traditional LEGO sets, the Mindstorms Robotics Invention Arrangement did non have a primary model, nor was the play driven by storytelling.^{[ commendation needed ]} To span the gap betwixt this new play experience and pre-existing LEGO ones, the Mindstorms team created a lot of opportunities for people interested in the product to engage with each other, such every bit the creation of Mindstorms.com, Mindstorms Discovery Centers, and the Starting time Lego League.^[6] The creation of these experiences was done through partnerships with a relatively large amount of external groups that the Mindstorms squad interacted with as equal partners, something that was uncommon for the LEGO grouping at the time.^{[vii] : 1063} To ease tensions between Mindstorms and more conventional products, the project team was given autonomy from LEGO'due south production evolution process and instead reported directly to the visitor'due south senior management.^{[7] : 1064}

Promotion of the LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Invention System began 6 months before the production was planned to launch.^[6] The product was get-go soft launched with the opening of the Mindstorms Discovery Center at the Museum of Science and Industry, where children could interact with the Mindstorms Robotics Invention Organization to complete ready tasks, getting them familiar with the product.^[8] The Mindstorms product was launched concurrently with LEGO Cybermaster, some other LEGO product spun off from the MIT programmable brick applied science that was more than in line with the traditional product philosophies of the LEGO group.^{[vii] : 1067}

Instead of being sold at toy stores, the production was sold at electronics stores like BestBuy and CompUSA, due to the relatively high cost of the set.^[6]

Launch [edit]

LEGO Mindstorms was Released in 1998 at a retail price of $199. The unabridged production run (of betwixt 60-100 m units^[9]) sold out within three months.^{[10] : 181 [1] : xxx} Despite being aimed towards children, the kit quickly found an audience with adults and hackers of all ages; Lego visitor surveys had determined that seventy percentage of Lego Mindstorms Hobbyists were adults. Shortly following the product'southward launch, hobbyists began sharing reverse-engineered versions of the RCX brick's Microcode and Firmware on the net, leading to the evolution of alternative programming languages for the RXC such as "Non Quite C" (NQC) and culling operating systems for the brick like legOS. The Lego Group was surprised by the products embrace by adult hobbyists, and was not certain how to reply to the sharing of proprietary code. The Mindstorms squad would determine that the comprehend of the product by the hacking customs proved that the production was worth developing; In society to foster this burgeoning community, an official forum was established on the Lego website and a "correct to hack" clause was added to end user license agreement of the Lego Mindstorms software.^{[x] : 181–184}

Robotics Discovery Set and Droid/Darkside Programmer Kit [edit]

The Robotics Discovery Set was a more affordable and simpler package than the Robotics Invention Gear up. Instead of being based on the RCX, it had its own programmable brick called the Watch. An even simpler version of the Sentry would be featured in 2 Star-Wars-themed Mindstorm sets as well.

Sentinel [edit]

Lego also released a blue computer called the Lookout, which has 2 sensor ports, 2 motor ports (plus one actress if linked with a Micro Sentry using a fiber optic cable), and a congenital-in light sensor, but no PC interface. It comes with the Robotics Discovery Set. The Sentinel tin can be programmed from a collection of built-in programme combinations. In order to program the Scout, a user must enable "ability mode" on it. The Scout can store 1 programme.

The Scout is based on a Toshiba microcontroller with 32 KB of ROM and 1 KB of RAM, where well-nigh 400 bytes are bachelor for user programs. Due to the extremely limited amount of RAM, many predefined subroutines were provided in ROM. The Scout only supports passive external sensors, which means that only touch, temperature and other unpowered sensors can exist used. The analog-to-digital converters used in the Scout only have a resolution of 8 bits, in contrast to the 10-bit converters of the RCX.^[11]

In that location was a program for Lego to create a booster set that allows you to program the Spotter from a calculator with software such as RCX code. All the same, due to the complexity of this project, it was abandoned.

The RCX tin control the Lookout brick using the "Ship IR Bulletin" program block. The RCX does all of the controlling, and therefore can be programmed with the PC, while the Sentinel accepts commands. The Scout brick must have all of its options gear up to "off" during this process.

Micro Scout [edit]

The Micro Scout was added as an entry-level to Lego robotics. It is a very limited Pbrick with a single built-in light sensor and a single built-in motor. It has seven born programs and tin can exist controlled past a Spotter, Spybotics or RCX unit using VLL. Similar the Scout, the Micro Scout is too based on a microcontroller from Toshiba.

The unit was sold as function of the Droid Developer Kit (featuring R2-D2) and later the Darkside Developer Kit (featuring an AT-AT Imperial Walker).

Robotics Invention System [edit]

The main cadre of the get-go generation of Mindstorms sets were the Robotics Invention System sets. These were based around the RCX (Robotic Command eXplorers) brick and the nine Five LEGO Technic peripherals bachelor at the time. Information technology likewise includes three touch on-sensors and an optical sensor, using the applied science from the before 9 V sensors from the pre-Mindstorms sets.

RCX [edit]

First-generation RCX programmable brick

The RCX is based on the viii-scrap Renesas H8/300 microcontroller, including 32 KB of ROM for low-level IO functions, along with 32 KB of RAM to store loftier-level firmware and user programs. The RCX is programmed by uploading a program using a dedicated infrared interface. After the user uploads a plan, the RCX tin can run information technology on its own without the need for reckoner access. Programs may brand use of three sensor input ports and three 9 5 output ports, in addition to the IR interface, enabling several RCX bricks to communicate. A congenital-in LCD tin brandish the battery level, the status of the input/output ports, which programme is selected or running, and other information.^[12]

Version 1.0 RCX bricks feature a power adapter jack in addition to batteries. In version two.0 (besides every bit later 1.0s included in the RIS 1.5), the ability adapter jack was removed. Power adapter-equipped RCX bricks were popular for stationary robotics projects (such as robot arms) or for controlling Lego model trains. In the latter context, the RCX might be programmed with Digital Command Control (DCC) software to operate multiple wired trains.

The IR interface on the RCX is able to communicate with Spybots, Lookout Bricks, Lego Trains, and the NXT (using a tertiary-party infrared link sensor). The RCX i.0 IR receiver carrier frequency is 38.5 kHz, while the RCX 2.0 IR carrier frequency is 76 kHz. Both versions can transmit on either frequency. The RCX communicates with a calculator using a Series or USB IR tower. As the RCX is discontinued, support for the interface is limited on more than recent operating systems than Windows XP.

All RCX versions have a unique number printed on them, which could be registered on the now-defunct Lego Mindstorms RCX website. This was necessary to obtain technical back up. The first RCX produced is marked "000001," and was on display at the Mindstorms tenth Anniversary event.^[13]

The Lego RCX was available in new sets from 1998 (Lego Set 9719: Robotics Invention System 1.0) through 2003 (Lego Set 9786: Robo Technology Gear up, with USB cable). The original RCX 1.0 worked with existing Lego ability supply products from the Lego Train theme, Lego Product 70931: Electric Train Speed Regulator 9V Power Adaptor for 120v sixty Hz - United states version (Years: 1991 thru 2004), Lego Production 70938: Electric Railroad train Speed Regulator 9V Power Adaptor for 230v l Hz - European version (Years: 1991 thru 1996). Both of these products converted wall power to 12VAC, through a coaxial power connector (likewise chosen a "barrel connector"), five.5 mm exterior, ii.one mm inside. These were sometimes sold alone and sometimes available as part of other sets such every bit Lego Ready 4563: Load N' Haul Railroad (Year: 1991) and Lego Set 10132: Motorized Hogwarts Express (Yr: 2004).^{[14] [fifteen] [xvi] [17] [18] [nineteen]}

Lego Mindstorms NXT [edit]

Robot congenital from the NXT kit

Lego Mindstorms NXT was a programmable robotics kit released by Lego in July 2006, replacing the first-generation LEGO Mindstorms kit.^[20] The kit consists of 577 pieces, including: three servo motors, four sensors (ultrasonic, sound, touch, and light), vii connection cables, a USB interface cable, and the NXT Intelligent Brick. The Intelligent Brick is the "brain" of a Mindstorms machine. Information technology lets the robot autonomously perform unlike operations. The kit too includes NXT-M, a graphical programming environs that enables the creation and downloading of programs to the NXT. The software besides has instructions for 4 robots: Alpha-Male monarch (a humanoid), Tri-Bot (a car), Robo-Arm T-56 (a robotic arm), and Spike (a scorpion)

Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 [edit]

The Lego Mindstorms NXT two.0 was launched on 5 August 2009. Information technology contains 619 pieces (includes sensors and motors), 2 Touch Sensors, an Ultrasonic Sensor, and introduced a new Color Sensor. The NXT ii.0 uses Floating Point operations whereas earlier versions apply Integer operation.^[21] The kit costs effectually United states of america$280.

Lego Mindstorms EV3 [edit]

Brick of Lego Mindstorms EV3

The Lego Mindstorms EV3 is the third generation Lego Mindstorms product. EV3 is a farther development of the NXT.^{[22] [23]} The organization was released on 1 September 2013. The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 fix includes motors (two big servo motor and ane medium servo motor), sensors (2 touch sensors, ultrasonic sensor, color sensor, infrared sensor, and the new gyro sensor) , the EV3 programmable brick, 550+ LEGO Technic elements and a remote control (the Infrared Buoy, which is only on Domicile/Retail fashion). The EV3 can exist controlled past smart-devices. It tin boot an alternative operating system from a microSD card, which makes it possible to run ev3dev, a Debian-based operating arrangement.

Lego Education Fasten Prime number [edit]

Spike Prime was appear in April 2019.^[24] While not being part of the Mindstorms product line, the basic ready includes 3 motors (1 big ii medium) and sensors for distance, force and color^[25] a controller brick based on an STM32F413 microcontroller^[26] and 520+ LEGO Technic elements.^[27]

Lego Mindstorms Robot Inventor [edit]

Lego Mindstorms Robot Inventor was announced in June 2020^[28] and released after in autumn. Information technology has four medium motors from Fasten Prime, two sensors (distance sensor and color/calorie-free sensor) also from Spike Prime, a Spike Prime hub with a six-axis gyroscope, an accelerometer, and support for controllers and phone control. It also has 902+ LEGO Technic elements.

Programming languages [edit]

Proper name	Device			Program Type		Language type(s)	Notes	Links
	RCX	NXT	EV3	Runs On Brick	Remote Control
Actor-Lab						Custom flowchart-like language
Ada		Yes				Ada	Requires nxtOSEK
Ada Interface to MindStorms						Ada
App Inventor		Yes				App Inventor	Specific support for LEGO(tm) MINDSTORMS(tm) NXT sensors and motors
brickOS	Yep	No	No			C/C++		website
Ch						C/C++ Interpreter	Command Lego Mindstorms in C/C++ interactively without compilation
clang						C, C++
CoderZ			Yes	Yes	No	Java	Works with Blockly or with Java (using LejOS). Too includes an online 3D simulator[29]	website
Cpp4Robots	No	No	Yes	Yeah		C/C++	Cpp4Robots is extension(plugin) for Microsoft Visual Studio environment. This extension allows programming of Lego EV3 in native C/C++ language and in Microsoft Visual Studio development surroundings. This Cpp4Robots extension works with default firmware in EV3 Brick.	website
DialogOS						Graphical Flowchart for vocalisation controlled robots	DialogOS combines spoken communication recognition and speech synthesis with robotics, enabling yous to build talking robots that react to your vocalism commands.
Enchanting		Yep				Drag and drop, similar to NXT-G	Program your robots simply by dragging the line of functions.
EV3Basic	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yeah	Microsoft Minor Basic		website
ev3_scratch			Yes	No	Aye	Scratch (programming language)	Scratch code runs in the browser relaying commands to EV3 robot over Bluetooth.
FLL NXT Navigation		Yes				Uses NXT-G and .txt files
GCC						C/C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Ada, others
Gnikrap	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	JavaScript / Scratch like programming		website
GNU Toolchain for h8300						C/C++, ASM
HVM			Yep			Development surround for the Java programming linguistic communication for the Mindstorms EV3, Eclipse-based	Works with Java 1.7. Works with the standard Lego firmware. Does not require a microSD card. Requires a wireless bluetooth dongle for the EV3	website
Interactive C						C-mode language.	Linguistic communication developed for the MIT Lego Robot Design Competition
jaraco.nxt		Aye			Yes	Python	Python modules providing low-level interfaces for controlling a Lego NXT brick via Bluetooth. As well includes code for controlling motors with an Xbox 360 controller using pyglet.
LabVIEW		Yes	Yeah	Yes	Aye	National Instruments LabVIEW visual programming language (M lawmaking)	Core linguistic communication used to develop Mindstorms NXT software. Tin employ bachelor add-on kit to create and download programs to NXT, create original NXT blocks or control robot directly via USB or Bluetooth using NXT fantom.dll
LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 API for .Net	No	No	Aye	No	Yeah	.Internet, WinJS and C++	A .Net API for the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 brick usable from desktop, Windows Phone and WinRT. With this API, you can connect, command and read sensor information from your LEGO EV3 brick over Bluetooth, WiFi, or USB.	website
Lego.NET						Anything that can compile to CIL, works best with C#	Does not come up with a compiler, converts CIL to machine lawmaking
Lego::NXT		Yes		No	Yes	Perl	Set up of Perl modules providing existent-time depression-level control of a Lego NXT brick over Bluetooth.
LegoLog						Prolog	Uses an NQC program to interpret commands send from the PC running the Prolog lawmaking
LegoNXTRemote		Yes		No	Aye	Objective-C	Remote command plan for remotely operating and programming a Lego NXT Brick. Supports NXT 2.0 and 1.0, sensors, all three motors, automatic "steering" control, and running preloaded programs.
leJOS	Yes	Yeah	Yes	Yes	Yes	Java	A coffee based organization for avant-garde programmers can handle about sensors and things like GPS, speech recognition and mapping technology. Tin be interfaced with the Eclipse IDE or run from the command line
Lestat						C++	Allows you to control the NXT directly from whatsoever C++ program in Linux.
librcx						C/C++	A library for GCC
Logitech SDK						Visual Bones, Visual C++	Can be combined with an RCX control library such as spirit.ocx from the MindStorms SDK to brand utilize of the Lego Cam
Microsoft Visual Programming Language (VPL)		Yes		No	Yep	Graphical flowchart, based on .Internet	With the Microsoft Robotics Studio, it uses a native NXT plan msrs to ship and receive messages to and from a decision-making program on a computer via Bluetooth
Mindstorms SDK						Visual Basic, Visual C++, MindScript, LASM	You do not need VB to employ the VB features every bit MS Function comes with a cut down version of VB for making macros
Monobrick			Yes	Yes	Yes	C#	.NET 4.5. Firmware running from SD carte du jour.	website
NQC	Yeah			Yes		NQC, a C-similar linguistic communication
NXT++						C++	Allows decision-making the NXT directly from any C++ program, in Visual Studio, Windows.
NXT_Python		Yes		No	Yes	Python	NXT_Python is a package for decision-making a LEGO NXT robot using the Python language. It can communicate via USB or Bluetooth.
NXT-Python		Yeah		No	Aye	Python	Based on NXT_Python, includes additional avant-garde features, support for around thirty sensors, and multiple brick connection backends. Works on Windows, Linux, Mac.
NXTGCC						Assembly, C, makefiles, Eclipse, etc.	The first GCC toolchain for programming the Lego Mindstorms NXT firmware.
nxtOSEK						C/C++
OCaml-mindstorm						OCaml	Module to command LEGO NXT robots using OCaml through the Bluetooth and USB interfaces.
OnScreen						A custom language which can be programmed straight on the RCX
pbForth	Yes					Forth	No longer adult.
pbLua		Yep				API for the Lua programming language for the Mindstorms NXT, text-based	pBLua: ... is written in portable C, with minimal runtime requirements; can be compiled on the fly on NXT; is a small, easy to read, and easy to write language; has all-encompassing documentation available online and in dead-tree format, and a very friendly newsgroup	website
PBrickDev						PBrickDev, a flowchart based language.	Has more functionality than the RIS language, such equally datalogs and subroutines/multithreading.
PRO-BOT						A kind of Visual Basic/spirit.ocx-based language	Designed for robots which are in contact with the workstation at all times
Processing		Yeah				Coffee (Simplified / programmed C-style)	Processing (programming language) is an open source programming language and surround for people who desire to plan images, animation, and interactions. It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and product. To control the NXT with Processing you can utilise the NXTComm Processing library developed by Jorge Cardoso.
QuiteC						C	A library for employ with GCC and comes with GCC for Windows.
RCX Code	Yes					RCX Code, a custom flowchart-based language	Included in the Mindstorms consumer version sold at toystore
ROBOLAB	Yep					A flowchart language based on LabVIEW	This is the programming environs offered to schools who utilise MindStorms, supports the Lego Cam. The programming structure simulates a flowchart design structure nearly icon past icon. Therefore, it helps users a slap-up deal in terms of translating from a flowchart design to Robolab icons.
RoboMind						Elementary educational scripting language available from Arabic to Ukrainian.	The RoboMind learning environment allows to apace develop and test scripts for a virtual robot environment. The scripts can then directly be transferred to a Lego Mindstorms NXT robot. It works on the standard firmware.
RoboRealm						A multi-platform language that works with IRobot Roomba, NXT, RCX, VEX, and many other popular robotic sets. This language is as well capable for video processing using a webcam, this gives your robot splendid vision since information technology can filter out certain colors, lock-on to a certain area of color, display variables from the robot or figurer, and much more. The software works with keyboard, joystick, and mouse.
Robot JavaScript		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	JavaScript	A compiler that compiles JavaScript code for EV3 robots. Includes syntax highlighting, lawmaking sharing, over 100 example programs, and verbose compiler messages. Object oriented language. Free.	website
ROBOTC	Yes	Yes	Yep	Yes		An Integrated development environment targeted towards students that is used to programme and command LEGO NXT, VEX, RCX and Arduino robots using a programming language based on the C programming language.	ROBOTC gives the ability to employ a text-based language based on the C language. Information technology includes built-in debugger tools, as well every bit (only not express to) code templates, Math/Trig operations (sin, cos, tan, asin, acos... etc.), user-friendly car-complete function built into the interface, built-in sample programs. This deserves a special note for its debugging tool. For any developer, you will know how of import it is to have a good debugging tool. Amid all other robotics programming languages which support Mindstorms platform, RobotC'south debugging environment does deserve a special note; although it is non free.
Robotics.NXT		Yes			Yes	Haskell	A Haskell interface over Bluetooth. Information technology supports straight commands, messages and many sensors (also unofficial). It has as well back up for a simple message-based command of a NXT brick via remotely executed programme (basic NXC lawmaking included).
ROS						A Linux based library for writing robots. The stack "nxt" provides interface with the NXT.
ruby-nxt		Aye			Yes	Scarlet	Provides low-level access to the NXT via Bluetooth likewise as some preliminary loftier-level functionality.
RWTH – Mindstorms NXT Toolbox		Yep			Yes	MATLAB	Interface to control the NXT from MATLAB via Bluetooth or USB (open up-source).
Simulink (LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Support)		Yes				Simulink	Provides a 1-click rapid programming tool for the NXT. C code is automatically generated from a graphical Simulink model. The code is then deployed and downloaded onto the NXT, from where it can exist run. The Mathworks provides an array of graphical blocks that stand for the various sensors and actuators that the NXT uses.
SqLego						Squeak
Swift / Robotary			Yes	Aye		Swift (programming language)	Robotary is a Mac robotics studio that uses the Swift programming linguistic communication.	website
TclRCX	Aye					Tcl
Terrapin Logo						LOGO
TinySoar						Soar	An implementation of the Soar artificial intelligence architecture that runs on the RCX brick. Soar incorporates acting, planning, and learning in a dominion-based framework.
TinyVM	Yes					Java	A predecessor to the lejos language. An open source Coffee based replacement firmware for the Lego Mindstorms RCX microcontroller.
Transterpreter (The)						Occam
TuxMinds						(Linux) GUI for various distributions, an open source IDE based on Qt. Supports a lot of bots. RCX, NXT and Asuro are predefined.	With the XML-based configuration file virtually any kind of bot (or microcontroller) can exist added. Own equipment tin can be added in the aforementioned mode.
URBI by Gostai for Lego Mindstorms NXT						URBI, C++, Java, Matlab	Like shooting fish in a barrel to use parallel and event-driven script language with a component architecture and opensource interfaces to many programming languages. Information technology also offers vox/speech recognition/synthesis, confront recognition/detection, Simultaneous localization and mapping, etc.
Vision Command	Yes					RCX Lawmaking	The official programming language for use with the Lego Cam, that allows you to command your robot with colour, movement, and flashes of light.
XS						Lisp

Use in education [edit]

Mindstorms kits are likewise sold and used as an educational tool, originally through a partnership betwixt Lego and the MIT Media Laboratory.^{[thirty] [31]} The educational version of the products is called Mindstorms for Schools or Mindstorms Education, and later versions come with the ROBOLAB GUI-based programming software, developed at Tufts University^[32] using the National Instruments LabVIEW equally an engine.

See also [edit]

• FIRST Lego League
• WRO (World Robot Olympiad)
• Robofest
• First Tech Challenge
• RoboCup Junior
• WeDo 2.0
• Big Trak
• iRobot Create
• Robotis Bioloid
• The Robotic Workshop
• Robotics suite
• C-Stem Studio
• Botball

References [edit]

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Further reading [edit]

• Bagnall, Brian. Maximum LEGO NXT: Edifice Robots with Java Brains. Variant Press. 2007. ISBN 0-9738649-1-5.
• Bagnall, Brian. Core LEGO Mindstorms. Prentice-Hall PTR. 2002. ISBN 0-13-009364-v.
• Baum, Dave. Definitive Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS, 2nd ed. Apress. 2002. ISBN i-59059-063-5.
• Erwin, Benjamin. Artistic Projects with LEGO Mindstorms (book and CD-ROM). Addison-Wesley. 2001. ISBN 0-201-70895-7.
• Ferrari et al. Edifice Robots with LEGO Mindstorms: The Ultimate Tool for Mindstorms Maniacs. Syngress. 2001. ISBN 1-928994-67-nine.
• Gindling, J., A. Ioannidou, J. Loh, O. Lokkebo, and A. Repenning., "LEGOsheets: A Rule-Based Programming, Simulation and Manipulation Environment for the LEGO Programmable Brick", Proceeding of Visual Languages, Darmstadt, Germany, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1995, pp. 172–179.
• Breña Moral, Juan Antonio. Develop LeJOS programs Stride by Step.

External links [edit]

• Official LEGO Mindstorms
• Lego Mindstorms at Curlie

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms

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