Editor TLN
Oct. 28 (Portaltic/EP) –
The lego group has announced that it will discontinue its LEGO MINDSTORMS service at the end of 2022 and that its application for both iOS and Android mobiles, PC and FireOS, will remain available “at least until 2024”.
LEGO MINDSTORMS They are educational robotics kits that are used to learn programming at the secondary level and allow the construction of a total of five robot models with programming skills. communication and mobilityamong other features.
Once built, they can be complemented with the Robot Inventor ‘app’, a platform that includes more than 50 activities that bring creations to life, such as avoiding obstacles, throwing hoops or doing other sports, dancing or playing the drums, among other actions.
The company, which launched this service in September 1998, has now announced that focuses its priorities on LEGO Education and in other Build & Code experiences, as reported on specialized brand websites, such as BrickFanatics.
With this, you have indicated that you will stop working on MINDSTORMS and the Robot Inventor 51515, as well as on the tools of the build platform by the end of this year.
Despite discontinuing this service, LEGO has noted that the application for 51515 Robot Inventor will remain active. “at least until the end of 2024 and that it will have updates to support the new updates of iOS, MacOS, Windows, FireOS and Android.
The company has acknowledged that with this move it is not completely abandoning LEGO MINDSTORMS, but will continue to support this product through platforms such as SPIKE Prime, which will maintain the brand and will continue to evaluate its future plans with LEGO Education.
It should be remembered that, for the time being Robot Inventor of LEGO MINDTSORMS still available for purchase through the brand’s website, where it can be purchased for 359.99 euros.
