Robotics Learning Resources and References
Web Sites
Robotics Learning
LEGO Mindstorms
LEGO Shop at Home
LEGO Education
LEGO Ed West
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http://www.legoedwest.com
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A support site for LEGO Education on the West Coast. Includes some
lessons and building instructions.
BrickLink
FIRST LEGO League (FLL)
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science
and Technology)
Northern California FLL (NCAFLL)
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Information about local teams and the
FIRST LEGO League Northern California State Tournament held each December
or January.
Playing at Learning
Minnesota High Tech Kids
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http://www.hightechkids.org
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Includes information about the FIRST LEGO
League in Minnesota. Contains excellent robotics lessons and FLL
team resources.
FLL-Freak
LDraw and MLCAD (Mike’s
LEGO CAD)
LUGNET (LEGO Users Group Network)
RoboGames
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http://www.robogames.net
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Annual robot exhibition and competitions,
including LEGO robot competitions for kids and adults.
San Francisco Robotics Society of America
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http://www.robots.org
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SFRSA holds meetings the first Satruday
of each month at the San Francisco State University.
Not Quite C (NQC)
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http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/nqc/
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A simple language with a C-like syntax
that can be used to program the RCX. There are also some integrated development
environments available.
Next Byte Codes (NBC) and Not eXactly C (NXC)
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http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/nbc/
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A simple language with a C-like syntax
that can be used to program the RCX. There are also some integrated development
environments available.
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NCaFLL
Books
Versions of the LEGO Mindstorm Robotics Sets
LEGO Robotics Invention System 2.0 [#3804]
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This is the set that includes the RCX,
RIS 2.0 software (Windows only) and over 700 LEGO pieces. No longer in
production, but the Lego Education "Team Challenge Set" contains all the
same parts.
Available from www.BrickLink.com
or eBay.
LEGO Education Team Challenge Set [#9794]
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This is almost identical to the RIS 2.0
set, except it comes with some additional parts, and does not include software.
As of March 2008, still available from www.LegoEducation.com.
RoboLab software (PC and Mac) is available separately.
(Note that RIS 2.0 software may be
available from www.RoboticsLearning.com
or www.BrickLink.com)
LEGO Mindstorms NXT Retail Version [#8527]
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This is the retail set that includes the
NXT, building parts and the NXT-G software.
Available from shop.lego.com
and local stores.
LEGO Mindstorms Education NXT Base Set [#9797]
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This is the education version of the NXT
set, available from www.LegoEducation.com.
It contains different building parts from the retail set, and the software
costs extra.
LEGO Mindstorms Education Resource Set [#9648]
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This is a large collection of additional
building parts, available from www.LegoEducation.com.
The combination of the Education NXT Base Set plus the Education Resource
Set is used by FLL Teams and the Robotics Learning NXT classes.
Robotics Discovery Set [#9735]
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This is the original set that included
the blue Mindstorms Scout controller. No longer produced.
Rare, but this set, or just the Scout
unit, is available from www.BrickLink.com
or eBay.
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