Ever wanted to learn robotics but don’t have quite the amount of brainpower required to get into MIT? Then try the next best thing: Lego Mindstorm sets.
Lego Mindstorm is the product line of Lego that goes into basic robotics. With Mindstorm you can build your very own personalized robot and program it to do anything you want.
Each kit contains a number of Lego Techinics parts such as axles, gears, and wheels; but what makes Mindstorm different from Technics are the included touch sensors, light sensors, and the all-important Intelligent Brick. This Intelligent Brick serves as the “brain” of the robot, this is where you upload the programs so the machine can perform autonomously; that is without further human instructions.
Lego Mindstorm kits are very useful learning tools to teach robotics because of its simplicity; these kits are actually used by top universities, like MIT, to teach basic robotics. Because it is mainly a toy, people won’t be intimidated in trying their hands in doing robotics.
This line of Lego sets has a huge following from all over the world. In fact, there are competitions that are held that pits inventors’ creations against each other; much like a very, very cool science fair.
So if ever you feel like you want to be some kind of mad scientist, go pick up a set of Lego Mindstorm; you’ll never know if your dreams of world domination will start with that little box.
