The program is based on LabView software from National Instruments Corp., which manufactures software and hardware that scientists and engineers use to create specialized instruments. NXT-G was made ...

Last month, I found myself in GeekDad heaven. LEGO Australia needed some help to build four of their humanoid Mindstorms robots, Alpha Rex. And, given I’d been playing with a beta-version that was ...

The LEGO Group and National Instruments worked together to develop the new MINDSTORMS NXT software, which includes a simple drag-and-drop, graphical interface optimized for the target MINDSTORMS NXT ...

Students, hobbyists and tech-savvy parents who use–or plan to use–the LEGO Mindstorms kits with the NXT computer module usually program the device through a graphical language such as a subset of ...

National Instruments and Lego Group on Tuesday announced a software update for the Lego Mindstorms NXT robotics system. The new 1.1 software — which is powered by National Instruments’ LabView ...

The Lego Group on Monday announced that it is releasing as open source the firmware for its newest Lego Mindstorms microprocessor. What’s more, the company plans to release software, hardware and ...

Lego plans to release as open source the microprocessor firmware of its programmable robot product line, Mindstorms NXT, the company said Monday. As part of its open-source efforts, the iconic toy ...

In some respects, the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT set's seemingly limitless potential serves to intimidate beginning builders -- the question looms, where to start? That's why books like The Unofficial LEGO ...

For background, LEGO Mindstorms is an incredible robotics kit that combines a programmable "brick" into which you can plug myriad motors, sensors, and other widgets with a graphical programming ...

The fantastical robotic creations you design and build with Lego Mindstorms are free to explore the world you release them into, so why should you be stuck behind a computer when it comes to ...