Mindstorms: not just a kid's toy
2001; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Volume: 38; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1109/6.946639
ISSN1939-9340
Autores Tópico(s)Robotics and Automated Systems
ResumoRobotic roller-coasters, mobile intelligent cat toys, a robotic disk jockey, an autonomous self-propelled video camera and a tiny mobile image scanner that builds up pictures by crawling millimeter by millimeter across a page are just some of the gadgets being produced by an R&D organization that few know even exists. The inventors are not part of a big research university or at some forward-looking computer company, but a loosely knit group of engineers who build gizmos out of Lego bricks. Developed by the Billund-based Danish toy company, some bricks contain microcomputer-controlled sensors and motors, and all are components of a three-year-old product called Lego Mindstorms.
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