Which LEGO robot kits are best? Building LEGO toys has long been a favorite pastime for kids of all ages. Over the years, the LEGO brand has expanded to all kinds of different kits — from Adidas ...

CHICO – With the attention of a small captivated audience, Lego builder Tyler Luna, 11, picked up one of his Lego robot figures he calls a “Mecha Suit” to talk about its fully functional hands and ...

Pancakes can give bacon a run for its money. [Photo: ‘Mexican Viking’ on Blogspot] You know what’s potentially on a par with–or even cooler than–Lego bricks? Pancakes. The fluffier, the better. (OK, ...

Which LEGO robot kit is best? LEGO has been making childhood toys for more than 50 years and now even offer kits that allow your child to build a robot. These sets encourage young kids to explore and ...

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Lego's Mindstorms have been a popular platform for teaching robotics. The new Mindstorm NXT takes this to the next level with a sophisticated NXT control module featuring a pair of built-in processors ...

You think LEGOs are just for play? Think again. In Central Palm Beach, a group of bright, curious, and unstoppable kids are ...

AMES, Iowa – The team of middle schoolers didn’t know how to make an app. Neither did their teacher. But that didn’t stop them. And so, when the “Rubble Busters” from Maxwell show up for the Iowa ...

A robot made of Lego can quickly perform an important step for creating machines made of DNA. “This started as a final project in an undergraduate lab course,” says Rizal Hariadi at Arizona State ...

We haven’t seen any shape-shifting game consoles yet on Transformers… But we bet they’d be the coolest robots around. Until the franchise enacts this awesome idea, fans are doing it for them! In a ...

The big picture: Lego has announced plans to shut down its Mindstorms line of programmable robotics following a 24-year run. Mindstorms debuted in September 1998 as an educational tool for children ...