Normally, you’ll start by building and programming simple Lego robots and, with each success, the app guides you to progressively more complex projects and coding tasks.

We decided to make a company dedicated to making building these custom robots as easy as playing with LEGO.” The modules are assembled and tested by HEBI’s eight-person staff.

With the JIMU Robot BuilderBot Series: Overdrive Kit is a box of parts includes programmable motors, sensors, wheels, and a whole lot of bricks with which to make a couple of robots.

We try building our first Lego Mindstorms EV3 robot, and make some decent headway.

It has 7 degrees of freedom, which is plenty to play with. The arm is built out of LEGO Technic components, which are attached to the servos with the addition of some 3D printed components.

This year at CES, Lego is bridging the gap with Boost, a basic robotics- and programming-oriented kit that’s supposed to be more playful than didactic.

Built from a simple Lego NXT kit, a new student-built robotic system can identify different types of dance and music in an intelligent independent manner. The next step is to create and manage ...