In 1998, the LEGO Company released a new product called the LEGO Mindstorms robotic Invention Kit that became an instant commercial success.
Children and those young at heart could buy the $200 kit— consisting of 717 pieces including LEGO bricks, motors, gears, different sensors, and a “RCX Brick” with an embedded microprocessor—and construct and program various LEGO robotic creations. In fact, Mindstorms creations featured on the LEGO web site include an automated blackjack card dealer, a robot that crawls up walls, and even a robotic toilet bowl scrubber.
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