Whether you are passionate about LEGO or robotics, you will like the new LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor . This newly introduced LEGO kit will allow you to create your own robots with which you can then play and program to carry out actions as varied as collecting objects, throwing them or avoiding obstacles while moving from one point to another.
New LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor Kit
LEGO building bricks are much more than just a children’s toy, and that’s something we all already know. And we do not say it only for the complexity of the assembly of series like Technic, which present very varied constructions. In general and with a little patience and imagination with any of its pieces you can get to build amazing things.
However, it is true that if there is something that has always attracted a lot of attention within its catalog, it is the Mindstorms series . Thanks to her and to that set of motors and controllers we have come to see incredible projects such as those that allowed us to build a playing card launcher, a machine to make paper planes or even a cube with wheels that we can control through Alexa.
However, now the manufacturer goes one step further and launches the new LEGO Mindstorms Robot Inventor. This kit offers 949 pieces so you can build different robots with their own characteristics. For example, you would have a robot capable of picking up objects, another with the option of throwing them, and they could also move from one point to another, avoiding the different obstacles that could be found on their way.
To achieve all this, the new LEGO robotics kit integrates up to six input and output ports to connect different sensors and motors. These components in turn take advantage of the use of a six-axis gyroscope, a speaker and even a small matrix of LED lights (5 × 5) with which you could emit signals or warnings depending on how it is programmed to give life to the different robots you can imagine.
All these components are connected and controlled through an intelligent HUB with Bluetooth connectivity that, in turn, would allow remote management from a wide variety of devices, both iOS and Android or computers with Windows or macOS.
Finally, regarding the programming language and as it happens with other similar kits, both Scartch and Python would be used . That and the possibility of connecting third-party components through an integrated six-pin adapter will give endless possibilities to the most advanced users in robotics.
Price and availability
Seeing all this we believe that it is clear all the potential that this new LEGO kit can offer, both for children and not so children. Of course, the price can be somewhat high if there are not many more claims than spending a couple of entertaining afternoons.
The LEGO Mindstorms Robot Inventor Kit will cost $ 360 when it launches in the United States at the end of the year. When it reaches other markets such as the Spanish one, the price will be similar in euros. But if you like robotics and LEGOS it is very attractive.