|LEGO MINDSTORMS: Robotics Invention System
the most important breakthrough in children's computing and toys of the decade. Create
everything from a light-sensitive intruder alarm to a robotic rover that can follow a
trail, move around obstacles, and even duck into dark corners.
MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention System is the core set to a new line of technology-based
products from the LEGO Company. This remarkable system enables you to design and program
real robots that move, act, and think on their own. The heart of the system is the RCX, an
autonomous LEGO microcomputer that can be programmed using a PC. The RCX serves as the
"brain" of your inventions--using sensors to take input from the environment, to
process data, and to signal output motors to turn on and off.
works like this: first, you design and build your robot, then, you create a program on
your PC using the simple yet powerful RCX Code programming language. Next, download your
program to the RCX using the special infrared transmitter, and your creation will now
interact with the environment, fully autonomous from the computer. This amazing set
includes more than 700 LEGO pieces, the RCX, infrared transmitter, CD-ROM, light and touch
sensors, motors, gears, and a Constructopedia building guide. Also includes guidance to
build working robots in under an hour, as well as inspiration for more complex robotic
inventions. For use with Windows. The Lego
Robotics Invention System received
the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award for 1999.
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MINDSTORMS: Robotics Invention System
Toys-Computer / by Lego Systems, Inc. /
ASIN: B00005NLID / Less than
Possibly the most important
breakthrough in children's computing and toys of the decade. Create
everything from a light-sensitive intruder alarm to a robotic rover that
can follow a trail, move around obstacles, and even duck into dark
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