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The Robotics Invention System is the core set in the amazingly innovative and - consider yourself warned - highly addictive Mindstorms series from LEGO. Combining the power of your PC with an onboard RCX (Robot Command Explorer) microcomputer, LEGO gives you the tools to construct thousands of sophisticated robotic inventions. But don't let the technology scare you. As always, LEGO sets can be as simple or as complex as you want. Twelve "Guided Challenges" take you through the construction of various robots. A CD-ROM graphically walks you through Mindstorms' intuitive programming system. Just build your robot, assemble its instructions on the PC, and then download to the robot's RCX through the infrared transmitter. The 717-piece set includes the RCX and transmitter, the CD-ROM, two motors, two touch sensors, a light sensor, and a Constructopedia to give you more ideas once you've built your first few robotic pals. [$199.99]

LEGO Mindstorms Vision Command

Give the gift of sight to a robot you love. This 2.5-by-2.5-inch PC video camera comes complete with a construct-it-yourself quadrapod stand and is designed to be attached to the Robotics Invention System robots in the LEGO Mindstorms series. Install the included vision recognition software, plug in the 15-foot USB cable, and snap away at up to 30 frames per second. The possibilities are endless. For example, you could program the machine to take a picture of anyone wearing red who enters your room. A Windows 98 CD is included in this 141-piece set. This is a LEGO PC video camera that operates as an add-on to the robotic devices made from the Robotics Invention System (#9747). Users aged 12 and up can program the camers to respond to motion, light, and color. A series of 12 different multi-sectioned templates can be placed over the video image on your moniter and the individual sections of each template can be programmed separatly. 25 different programming commands including RCX blocks, PC sound commands, and Camera commands. [$39.98]

LEGO Mindstorms Links

Lego Mindstorms

The Official LEGO MINDSTORMS web site has the latest official news and information on the line of products that lets you build and program robots that do what you want.

BrickShelf.com

The online resource for LEGO fans, with a huge collection of scans from LEGO instructions and catalogs, plus a large gallery of fan-contributed LEGO project pictures, and more.

Lego Mindstorms Internals

Detailed info on the guts of the machines. Discussion of the operating system, infrared communications, command summary, electronic circuitry, and firmware, as well as a great quantity links to other Mindstorms technical resources. Also check out the RCX Internals site for more technical details.

Lego-Robotics Wiki

A central repository for all things to do with robotics experimentation using the popular LEGO construction sets. In general this revolves around the LEGO MindStorms and CyberMaster sets, but there's also information about other LEGO based robotics. Sections on programming, RCX code, RCX internals, RCX firmware, robot construction, and much more.

LUGNET

The international fan-created "LEGO Users Group Network". A place for LEGO fans of all ages to find information, meet one another, and share ideas. As an independent site by fans, for fans, it is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the LEGO Company, but contains loads of useful forums where users can share information, help each other out, or learn the latest tips.

Unofficial Questions and Answers

The "MIT Programmable Brick" was the inspiration for the LEGO Mindstorms "RCX Brick", and this site answers questions about that relationship, as well as numerous other questions about LEGO Mindstorms and related products.

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