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The Lego Logo kit in school was my first introduction to robotics: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/1/25/1359115295417/Lego-Logic-

The Lego Logo kit in school was my first introduction to robotics: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/1/25/1359115295417/Lego-Logic-21-09-1985-001.jpg http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/20... Before that, I played around with BASIC, but was only moderately interested in programming. But as an 8 year-old seeing a set of lego blocks come to life with just a few simply commands was truly life-changing experience! Looking at today's Mindstorm, it's just amazing how far things have come!

dubya 12y ago
Reading the Mindstorms book made me want the Lego Logo kit for my kids. The things in the book seemed like mostly basic Lego constructions with a bit of automation added, which seems more accessible than the Technic based set, which requires more planning. I may just bite the bullet and get the Mindstorms set for myself this Christmas.
- sologoub 12y ago
  I don't think they sell the Lego Logo kit. I used it in early 90s :)
  - homarp 12y ago
    Lego Mindstorms (the current set EV3) has a graphical language (cf http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/content/lego/ev3/preview/ http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/content/lego/ev3/preview... ) with turtle-ish capability. There are also alternative firmwares (e.g. http://www.ev3dev.org/ http://www.ev3dev.org/ ) which let you use more or less the language you want, but you loose the IDE integration and the easy setup. And the original firmware is open-source too: https://github.com/mindboards/ev3sources https://github.com/mindboards/ev3sources