Programmable LEGO blocks?

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johnb41

Does anyone have experience with LEGO Mindstorms? I just found out
about it and it seems so cool! You can create intelligent robots with
vision, feel, hearing, movement, etc, and it's all programmable.

http://mindstorms.lego.com/
From the MS site
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http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/1/e/41e8f2c1-1bf7-419f-b31b-06122d090a49/VBLegoSamples.msi
it makes it seem that you can use Visual Studio to do the
programming... but on the LEGO site, it only mentions it's "own"
programming software.

So can i simply do the programming in VS.NET, which i'm comfortable in,
or do i have to use their own software?

Thanks!
John
 
Hi,

I have done a little. You can use dot net to program them.

Ken
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Thanks, Ken... What about their newest product, the NXT, which i think
just came out. It's supposed to be easier to use in addition to having
more intelligence. I'd think that because it's brand new, that it
would support .NET, but i can't find any info on it.

Thanks!
John
 
Hi,

I have with the lego robotics system. My wife just got that the ndx
and we have not tried to use dot net with it yet. Our plan is to use the
blue tooth in her pocket pc to control it.


Ken
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Ken,

Do you think the NXT is too advanced for novices (like myself)? I can
do fairly basic VB.NET stuff... nothing too comples. I'm interested in
the NXT but i'm afraid it will be way too hard to use. I don't want to
spend $250 and then not use it...

Thanks,
John
 
See the newsgroup: microsoft.public.msroboticsstudio

Dick

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Dick,

Thanks! I didn't know MS had a product dedicated to programming robots.
And it looks like it does support VB.NET.

John
 
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