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Article: LEGO Group and National Instruments Collaborate on Development of Next Generation of LEGO(R) MINDSTORMS(TM) Robotics; New LEGO MINDSTORMS Software to Be Powered by National Instruments LabVIEW.
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- January 5, 2006
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LAS VEGAS -- National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI) and the LEGO Group today announced their collaborative development of the software component to the next generation of LEGO(R) MINDSTORMS(TM) robotics. LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT includes an all-new programming environment, which is based on the NI LabVIEW graphical development software, and is PC- and Mac-compatible. The new product, announced today at the Consumer Electronics Tradeshow in Las Vegas, will be available in August 2006.
Furthering the global success of the original LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention System, introduced in 1998, the LEGO Group is taking advantage of new technologies such as a 32-bit processor, ...