BILLUND — The LEGO Group has announced today that they will be working closely with Microsoft to develop new extensions for the new LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 robotics platform. The move doesn’t come as a complete surprise — Previous generations of LEGO MINDSTORMS worked with Microsoft Robotics studio — but the new partnership should result in
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Looking for more LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 stuff? Check out the video below. This video was recorded at LEGOWORLD Copenhagen, which ended yesterday. This video features all of the EV3 robots, as well as some highlights of the new robotics system, such as 3D building instructions and remote control with the IR Beacon or with a
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I’m currently in Copenhagen to help The LEGO Group demonstrate their new MINDSTORMS EV3 robotics system. I managed to get a closer look at the box, so you can now identify what these extra models are (see below). They also have a display with 15 years of history of LEGO MINDSTORMS – check it out
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Check out this cool and detailed video with 8 minutes of EV3 news. It’s an interview by Techcrunch with Camilla Bottke from LEGO. CES just finished for the LEGO MINDSTORMS team, and this video nicely sums up almost everything that was disclosed last week. The video highlights several aspects of the new set, and it
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UPDATE: New pictures here [LINK]. Some websites have reported that the new EV3 set comes with instructions for 17 models. We’ve seen the first official 5 models, but I just came across this picture taken at CES, showing the backside of the box. The bottom right of the picture shows three more robots, apparently the
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NXTLog user ‘yorick2004′ has created an NXT version of LEGO’s recently released EV3 R3ptar. This is a great way to get started building the new models without waiting 7 months. Well done, Yorick. You can view the project here [LINK].
Check out Engadget’s post on the new EV3. Below you’ll find their video recorded at CES, featuring Camilla Bottke, Senior Marketing Manager from LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 and LEGO Architecture. I haven’t seen picture of the back side of the box yet, but there should be some surprises for you there…
Here’s a video of some of the EV3 robots from CNET, recorded at CES.
The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Home Edition contains an EV3 brick, three motors (Two Large, one Medium), three sensors (IR, Color, Touch) and a remote control. The home edition is the one you’ll find in toy stores and other retail channels like Amazon. It’s set number is 31313. You can see the complete family of hardware
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