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In 2009, with the new robotics kit by Lego Group, the program included Lego WeDo as an optional kit [5] which allows children to connect a motor and/or a sensor to other Lego bricks, gears and other technic elements. It also has drag-and-drop programming interface for children to write robotics programs. [6]
Lego Spybotics (stylized as LEGO Spybotics) was a Mindstorms robotics sub-series by Lego. There are four different sets, each of which includes a Spybot, a controller, a cable, and a software disc. The Spybots are color-coded, and each one has a different set of equipment attached.
FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), formerly known as FIRST Vex Challenge, is a robotics competition for students in grades 7–12 to compete head to head, by designing, building, and programming a robot to compete in an alliance format against other teams.
The FIRST LEGO League Challenge gives teams complete freedom on how to complete the missions, providing that they are completed by a programmed LEGO Education robot with no outside assistance. The robot has two and a half minutes to complete the missions; called the Robot Game. Each team has a minimum build period of 8 weeks to analyze the ...
While teaching in the South Bronx, he learned about robotics at a teacher training and started coaching FIRST Lego League, a global STEM education and robotics program for kids up to age 16 in the ...
The controller, motors and sensors used to assemble robots must be from LEGO sets. Only LEGO branded elements may be used to construct the remaining parts of the robot. In addition, teams will need a camera module. Software: Free choice of programming language / software. Maximum robot size: 20 cm x 20 cm x 20 cm.
"Barrage", Team 254's 2014 World Champion FIRST Robotics Competition robot. The first and highest-scale program developed through FIRST is the FIRST Robotics Competition, which is designed to inspire high school students to become engineers by giving them real world experience working with engineers to develop a robot.
The Lego Mindstorms product line was the first project of "Home Education", a division of Lego Education established by employee Tormod Askildsen in 1995. Askildsen, who had previously spent ten years working for Lego Education, had grown frustrated working with teaching professionals and wanted to create an improved educational experience that was delivered directly towards children.