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December 2, 2006
Open Source for LEGO Mindstorms

Lego Tribot

Open Source Firmware, Developer Kits for LEGO® MINDSTORMS®:

“Most often, innovation comes from the core community of users. Our ongoing commitment to enabling our fan base to personalize and enhance their MINDSTORMS experience has reached a new level with our decision to release the firmware for the NXT brick as open source,” said Søren Lund, director of LEGO MINDSTORMS.

photo: Lego TriBot - a flexible 3-wheeled driving robot with sound, light, touch and ultrasonic sensors - see more details.

Related: Books - Building Robots With Lego Mindstorms and LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Hacker’s Guide - Posts Lego Learning - Fun k-12 Science and Engineering Learning - Building minds by building robots - Buy the Lego Mindstorms NXT kit online - $250

5 Responses to “Open Source for LEGO Mindstorms”

  1. Lego Mindstorms NXT Podcast Says:

    [...] Podcast on Lego Mindstorms NXT, Lead Users, and Viral Marketing. Definitely worth a listen.[...]

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    [...] The discussion does a good job of explaining how factors like web 2.0 and “open source” can allow business to operate in a new way and take advantage of new opportunities. [...]

  3. Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » LEGO Sumo Robotic Championship Says:

    [...] The quality of the videos is great which is offset by the annoyance of having to download another plugin to view the videos. [...]

  4. CuriousCat: Lego Autopilot First Flight Says:

    Chris Anderson continues his progress with the sub $1,000 autonomous flight vehicle (using lego mindstorms at the core). He has created a site to track the progress and provide information resources to others: DIY Drones. Very cool…

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    Legal obligations are the minimum you can be forced to do, not the only obligations one has…

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