Lego Mindstorms says an improved color sensor can detect the presence of six colors or the absence of color. The system is backwards- compatible with previous-generation Lego Mindstorms NXT robots.

The brand-new Lego Mindstorms EV3 platform is designed to make it easy for adults and children alike to program robots. The new platform comes with an all-new series of sensors and motors.

Lego's Mindstorms kits were born into a world where the PC reigned supreme for control; the company is ushering in 2013 with an acknowledgment that its build-it-yourself toy is part of a much ...

The whole kit comes with a handful of sensors for detecting touch, color and infrared light, and there’s an option to buy an extra gyro sensor or ultrasonic sensor from third parties or LEGO itself.

The new EV3 was built to be hacked. The computing brick in Lego Mindstorms is the key piece that controls all the other components, and in the new EV3, the brick uses a Linux base, which opens up ...

Review: Lego Mindstorms EV3 means giant robots, powerful computers My inner 9-year-old is blown away, but my outer 35-year-old balks at the $349 price.

Lego is back with another generation of MindStorms, the company's consumer robotics line aimed at introducing application programming to a younger generation. Kids these days grow up with so much ...

The new EV3 system is based around a revamped, Linux-based “intelligent brick” — the central Mindstorms operating component — that is now compatible with iOS and Android devices out of the ...