The Lego Group has released Mindstorms Robotics Invention System in September 1998. The Mindstorms RIS consists of touch sensors, light sensors, rotational motors and a main building block that houses a microprocessor, which is programmable via an Infra-Red communications port, linked to a PC. This robotics-in-a-kit product essentially enables the learning of modern robotics in school. This web site aims to act as a resource center for parents, educators and researchers who would like to use Mindstorms for educational purposes.

Educational Online Resources

• Lego Data Acquisition and Prototyping System (LDAPS)
  American K-12 Lego education project with curriculums and publications available, maintained by Ben Erwin.
  
  
• Lego Lab at the University of Aarhus
  A Dannish research lab funded by the Lego Group
  
  
• Center for Engineering Educational Outreach (Tufts University)
  This center is responsible for developing Robolab, the official education pack for Mindstorms based on National Instruments' LabView.
  
  
• Lego Dacta Robolab
  Lego Dacta is the official educational distribution arm of Lego Group, and this is their official Robolab web site.
  
  
  

Project News

• Kin W. Lau, Pavel Petrovic, Heng Kiat Tan and Ben Erwin are working on interi-continental project to propose an educational model for using Mindstorms in high-school education. They are planning to do an online demographic survery soon. The finding of their undertakings will be made available eventually.
  
  
• Pavel Petrovic is running a pioneer Mindstorms lab for high-school students in Norway.
  
  
• Franz-Michael S. Mellbin is working to find out whether Mindstorms is good for K-6 education.
  
  
  

Other Mindstorms Links

• The Official Lego Mindstorms site
  
  
• LUGNET
  The Un-official Lego User Group Network
  
  
• Lego Mindstorms Internal
  Main site where Mindstorms software/hardware works by enthusiasts are published
  

Last Updated:
1 Feb 1999

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