This Blog is maintained by the Robot Perception and Learning lab at CSIE, NTU, Taiwan. Our scientific interests are driven by the desire to build intelligent robots and computers, which are capable of servicing people more efficiently than equivalent manned systems in a wide variety of dynamic and unstructured environments.
Friday, July 01, 2005
LEGO MindStorms
Today I went to a mall with my girlfriend, and we saw the LEGO MindStorms Robotics Invention System 2.0. It is traditional lego with microprocessor and sensors/motors. It has very easy-to-use programming environment. It seems good for rapid-prototyping robotics ideas. It costs $10700 at the mall and $9000 on the net, but only $6300 in the US. I think I will buy it. Have you guys ever played with it before?
After much consideration, I think it's too underpowered for its price. And I can't find cheap second-hands.
ReplyDeleteAt CMU, it is used for robotics education. See the web site, http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/education/
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