Play around with Lego Mindstorms NXT enough and at some point you'll inevitably get frustrated with NXT-G, its graphical programming language of "blocks" that you drag around and connect with "wires".

May 3, 2006 We suspect the announcement by LEGO that it will release as open source the firmware of the LEGO MINDSTORMS microprocessor (the new NXT brick – the core component of its next generation ...

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 ...

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 ...

The next generation Lego Mindstorms improve on the original 1998 model of do-it-yourself robotics with a “32-bit NXT control brick, ultrasonic sensors, a revamped set of pieces, a new piece of visual ...

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 ...

All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Last month, I found ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...