LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Education 45544 Instructions

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You can download the instructions for the robots in the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Core Set (LEGO# 45544) using the links below. Happy building!

Looking for the Expansion Set (#45560) instructions? Click here.

Educator Vehicle (with attachments)

[DOWNLOAD – 5MB]

Sorter

[DOWNLOAD – 5MB]

Gyro Boy

[DOWNLOAD – 5MB] [Programming Tutorial now available!]

Puppy

[DOWNLOAD – 5MB]

Robot Arm H25

[DOWNLOAD – 5MB]

Where to find programs and project files:

You can find the programs for these robots within the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Education software, which you can download for free via this LINK.

183 Responses
  3. Bert
    Reply

    Advantage of the edu-set models is that they have space for the battery. Not all home-set models have that. Thanks LEGO, Laurens and Xander of course.

  4. John Fahey
    Reply

    Thanks Lego for releasing these and Laurens for the PDFs. Is there any news on whether the we’ll be able to download the .ev3 files for these projects?

  5. tabbycatrobots
    Reply

    Yes, thank you. Several of the models look like great fun to build.
    And I see some ideas to incorporate into some MOCs.

  7. Steve
    Reply

    I would love to build Gyroboy, but I only have the standard EV3 set. Would the additional gyro sensor do the trick, or is the edu-pack too different?

    2. Robogirl
      Reply

      you can build it with the 45544 core set, thats no problem, but im a little bit unsure if you can use the 31313 set for it.

  9. Deanna
    Reply

    I too am interested in the project files for these robots. We have just introduced EV3 with our 8th graders and they are very interested in creating these robots.

  10. Karl
    Reply

    Hi, it is great that these are on here, my son and I have managed to build the sorter with the EV3 kit and bits of his digger but as useful as the instructions are, doing something with it is only useful if the program is obtainable, which it isn’t.

    1. Ethan Maciel
      Reply

      I had camp last week and I had a challenge to build this sorter. I built it and downloaded the mindstorms programmer to my computer. It comes with all the programs to all of the listed builds. If may be a little confusin but it is manageable.

  11. Savvas
    Reply

    Does anyone know where to find the programming instructions for the Robots of the education pack? My team is looking for them all over the place and can’t find them. We can only build them with these instructions. Thanks in advance for any help.

  16. Mowikan
    Reply

    Perhaps you can explain to these people that u need the lego education software to write the code for these projects? or where can we find the program code? please help us out 🙂

    1. Laurens
      Reply

      Well, that’s not true. The LEGO Education software has the ready-made programs. Sure, that’s easy, but you can also create your own programs for these robots using the Home Edition software, which is free.

      The most complicated robot here is GyroBoy. I’ve created my own program for it, so I should be able to share it here soon. I don’t currently have time to build all of the other robots and create my own programs for them, though.

      1. Robogirl
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        Hey Laurens! Can you upload the program for H25? If you dont have the program, can u pls give me the opportunity to create a post, cuz i have the H25 program, i programmed it with the program turtorial from the education site. Im ten years old, almost eleven 🙂

  19. Gidi
    Reply

    Hi,
    Thanks for the PDFs. Indeed, my pupils want to build the four Robot models of the EV3 core set.
    Does anybody know if there is some documentation / explanation about the Programs of these models? (Not the building instructions, but for the LabView programs, which are quite complex).
    THANKS !

  20. Rob
    Reply

    The EV3 project files for the education models are unfortunately only available with the education version of the Mindstorms EV3 software, and so they are not available unless you buy that software for US$100. Apparently, the reason for this is to do with intellectual property, but I don’t really understand this argument: if someone has gone out and bought either the EV3 retail set (plus the additional parts to turn it into the EV3 education set), or they’ve bought the EV3 education set itself, then surely it should be no skin off Lego’s teeth to provide the EV3 project files for the education robots as they will have already gotten their money’s worth out of that customer when they bought the EV3 set.

    They already provide the building instructions for free, so why not the EV3 project files to go with them? Yes, people can develop the robot programs themselves, of course, but not everyone wants to do that. Sometimes, building a robot and downloading an existing program to it is all people want to do.

    Come on Lego — don’t just tease us with the PDF building instructions… give us the EV3 project files for the education robots… pretty please…?

  21. Catalin Zimbresteanu
    Reply

    Hi,
    Can anyone direct me to the programs that come with these projects (SORTER, ROBOT ARM) ?
    Anticipated thanks

  24. Phan Tuan Dung
    Reply

    Hey did anyone delete my comment yesterday?! When I come to this page I can’t see my comment anywhere! So I post again. But thank you for delete all other comments!

    1. Laurens
      Reply

      Unfortunately, you cannot just share the copyrighted files from LEGO without permission.

      LEGO is okay with sharing the building instruction PDFs above, but not the programs.

      1. Phan Tuan Dung
        Reply

        I don’t know what Lego will answer, I am not asked them yet. But I see there’s a board below the secret website:
        “You can invite other people to get access to this product. Type in the email address of anyone you want to invite. Don’t forget that you can only invite people who have the rights to access and use the product according to the license agreement.”

  26. Phan Tuan Dung
    Reply

    Well, so that’s mean if you buy Home Edition Set, there are many free example robots you can do but if you buy Education Edition Set, you must open your creations and make the program by YOURSELF or BUY the example programs. So, we stop discussing about programming robots here and try to make your own program for these robots!

  30. Paul Sheard
    Reply

    Hi Laurens,

    I have a quick question for you (or anyone else here viewing my message).

    I have the EV3 Home edition, and I also purchased the EV3 Gyro Sensor separately…

    Will I have the parts now to be able to build your Gyro Boy robot? Or would I still be missing some pieces?.

    I’m a noob everyone so please be gentle 🙂

    Kind regards from the UK

    Paul.

      1. Paul Sheard
        Reply

        Thanks Laurens!

        I was just taking a look at your ev3 self balancing robot. I’ll start my project with this design and I’ll see if I can customise it further 🙂

        Many thanks for your quick reply.

        Kind regards
        Paul.

  31. Naina
    Reply

    Hi Laurens,
    I have a question for you and i hope to get a reply from you soon. I have been assigned to build a robot using EV3 Kit 31313, and i am supposed to make a robot which uses IR sensor without IR beacon and it is capable of detecting obstacles using that IR sensor.
    I would really appreciate if you would please help me with the design such that the robot is able to move forward or backward and also it is able to move its IR sensor sideways.
    Thank You.

  33. Martin Jones
    Reply

    Hi
    Thanks so much for sharing all the valuable content.
    My daughter and I have the Home set, bought all the elements to bridge the gap between that on the Core Education set , and now have the education expansion set. She loves EV3. We are struggling to find the project code to go with all the extra robots we cannot build, e.g Elephant or Puppy. Does anyone know how we can get these? We are learning to program ourselves bit by bit, however these may be rather beyond our current level and great to see how that are crafted.
    Thanks

    1. Mapami
      Reply

      “This item is currently not avbailale”, which suggests a sold out inventory. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see the Shop-at-Home web site change availability status to late August.Yes, indeedy, the next two weeks are going to be interesting…

  40. jake
    Reply

    Hi Laurens,
    I was wondering if you have the program file for the colour sorter. If you do can you please post it.
    Thank you

  43. Sarah K
    Reply

    I have taken over a school robotics program and have one computer with the education software installed. However, I can not find the programs for the projects above. I am working with our IT department to re-install the software if possible, but are the programs themselves downloadable somewhere if you have your software key?

    1. Catherine
      Reply

      I had a similar problem myself. You can contact Lego customer service with your software key and they should send you a link to re-install on your new devices.
      However, if you have the education software installed, try opening the core models. If you see small window in the upper right hand corner that has a video clip of the model, you are close to the building and programming instructions as well! The video is 1/3, the building instructions is on 2/3 and the built-in program is on 3/3 which may actually take a little while to “magically” appear on your programming canvas.
      Unfortunately, much of the built-in programs are full of customized blocks. I would prefer to be able to have the students read the programs so they can understand the entire process…
      For those missing the programs, I believe you really are better off at least understanding the mechanics that went into your model. Then you can teach students to tinker with their own programs to have their bots function in a way that makes sense to them. There is so much more educational value to this approach.

  46. charles brisson
    Reply

    Hi everyone,

    EV3 Home Edition. I threw out the cardboard sleeve – yes, the one with the mission pad printed in the back – by mistake. Lego tells me that they can’t send me another one, not even a PDF or whatever digital version.

    I have been looking on the web but found nothing. Does anyone know how I could get one? Is there anyone that could be kind enough to take a hi-res picture of one and send it to me? My son absolutely wants to start with the mission pad… As it is now, we got a mindstorms that’s not seeing any action at all.

    thanks in advance

  49. Heather
    Reply

    HELP! my five year old was able to assemble the entire robot arm correctly by himself following the 108 steps, but now I have no idea how to help him make it actally work. Isn’t this programing suppose to be easy? we have the software but the instrustuctions are terrible and I have no idea how to use it. I have a chemistry degree– really I am not a moron– this shouldn’t be this hard right? Does anyone know where to find real help with this toy?

  52. Laura
    Reply

    I’m using 4 sets of the EV3 Education program along with the expansion pieces in a homeschool setting. One of my groups built the Puppy but we’re not having success in programming it ourselves like we can with the groups that just built a vehicle. They can run the pre-made program but trying to program just using the action or sensor blocks on the Lego education gets it to move a portion of its leg but then the block just flashes green like it’s trying to do something but can’t complete the command. Any ideas? Can it be programmed to move a distance and turn around? Any help is greatly appreciated!!

  57. Mercè Alvarez
    Reply

    Hi,

    We’ve the Lego Mindstorm eV3 education 45544. Now my 9 years old son has built the robot sorter but he needs the program code. Please could you send it to us?
    Thank you very much

  60. John
    Reply

    I would just like to say thank you very much I spent about 30 minutes searching for build instructions and this website has been my savior. Thank you.

  61. Frans
    Reply

    The Mindstorms education software is now free of charge. You can login with your Lego ID and download it on the Lego education website.
    This includes all building instructions and programs for both sets 45544 and 45560.

    Frans

    1. Sasha
      Reply

      Thank you, Frans! I’ve just been to the Lego ed website – the download link is at the bottom of the page. I downloaded and installed the ev3 education software. For clarity – I have a Lego ID and own the Home edition.

  65. Conor
    Reply

    Hello,
    In GyroBoy, page 13 of instructions, an axle has appeared inside the rectangular grey frame, running from the yellow side to the blue side. Can you tell me where this has come from and what size it should be, please? I can’t see it in your build instructions.
    Many thanks.
    Conor

  67. Matt Cook
    Reply

    Hey Layrens
    I was wondering if you could help me with the coding for the Robot Arm H25 as we school team and I have created the robot but there are so many types of coding and most of them donk work where the others just stop mid way through. Please, can you help us with this as we are trying to beat another team in the school!

    Regards Matt Cook

  70. Candy Wallace
    Reply

    Thank you for the information! I have 2 students that created the robotic arm using the program from the software and neither is working. I have looked at them both and they appear to be built correctly. When they execute the program the display does not show the question mark prompt after it initializes. I was wondering if you had any suggestions as to what a solution might be?

  76. Mich
    Reply

    can there be programming tutorial/instructions for the puppy? i’ve been trying to program mine with file:///C:/Users/s1787954/Downloads/ev3-program-description-puppy-.pdf .which is the only pdf i could find, but the only problem is that i cannot really program it as i have found no way on how to find some certain grey blocks. Does anyone know how to find the grey blocks? (if anyone doesn’t know what i mean, look at CS in the bottom page)

    1. Laurens
      Reply

      I don’t have the details for the Puppy robots, but I think the grey blocks you refer to are the My Block inputs and outputs. To learn more about these, you might find the EV3 Discovery Book useful.

  84. Kristophe
    Reply

    Thank you, I just got the Ev3 robot for Christmas 2017. I got bored of the robot starter instructions when I built it, and then I got to this site, and I was glad to see other robot designs on this web site. I’m just so used to using the normal, school Ev3, and the one I built for FLL™, so thank you and a happy New Year.

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  106. BIBJOE
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  118. Rich
    Reply

    Laurens,

    Is there an updated software guide for Mindstorms Education EV3 45544? If so, where can I find it? I only have your Lego Mindstorms EV3 Discovery Book which has pictures of the older software.

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