The article presents the languages used in programming robots built based on Lego Mindstorms. Programming Lego from the LabVIEW level (LabVIEW Toolkit for LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT) is discussed. The idea of using LEGO bricks to build robots originated in the 1980s at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At that time, elements of LEGO sets such as motors, gears, and simple sensors were already available on the market.
A team consisting of Fred Martin, Mitchel Resnick, Rand Sargent, Seymour Papert, and Brian
Silverman decided to expand the list of available components with a microcomputer contained within a brick. This enabled the construction of complex mechanisms and robots with advanced control methods.
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Source: Logistyka Magazine
Cooperation of the mindstorms set with the labview package – PDF file for download