If you're into programmable Lego robots , good news: For the first time in seven years, there's a new Mindstorms kit. The 949-piece, $360 (£330) Robot Inventor kit offers directions for building ...

Lego Mindstorms EV3 is remaining alongside Lego Spike Prime in Lego Education's lineup, and looks like it's aiming more at the high school crowd, while Lego Spike Prime could bridge to that higher ...

Some LEGO kits feature programmable robots with sensors and motors that can move around and complete tasks. One of the best LEGO robot kits is the Mindstorms EV3.

The programming’s been on the wall for a while, but yesterday, as reported by fan sites like Brick Fanatics and Brickset, Lego announced that it will be discontinuing its Mindstorms robotics ...

Projects that can be built using the kits include Vernie the Robot, Frankie the Cat, the Guitar 4000, the Multi-Tool Rover 4 and an Autobuilder. The Kits will be availablel in August 2017 and use ...

The machine’s sensors, without any prior programming, made the robot behave in a similar fashion to C. elegans, approaching and backing away from obstacles or stimulated by food.

This year at CES, Lego is bridging the gap with Boost, a basic robotics- and programming-oriented kit that’s supposed to be more playful than didactic.

Lego Mindstorms gets a lot of credit for kick-starting the "smart toy" category when it launched its first wave of programmable robots in 1998.

TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. The big picture: Lego has announced plans to shut down its Mindstorms line of programmable robotics following a 24-year run.

At $159, the Lego Boost offers more for the money than any of the other robot kits we've reviewed, but it's definitely designed for younger children who are new to programming.

Today at the SXSWedu Conference in Austin, Lego Education demonstrated a new EV3 programming app for use with its Mindstorms Education EV3 platform. The combination of a physical EV3 robot and the app ...