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The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 robotics platform has been developed for two different target audiences. There are home users (children and hobbyists) and educational users (students and teachers). LEGO has designed a base set for each group, but what are the differences between these two? There isn’t a clear line between home users and educational users, though. It’s fine to use the Education Core Set at home, and it’s fine to use the Home Edition set at school. This article at Robot Square aims to clarify the differences between the two product lines so you can decide which product works best for you. The article covers the main differences between the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Home Edition (#31313) and LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 Core Set (#45544), as well as other subtle differences you should be aware of when choosing one of these sets.

Damien Kee has produced a nice timelapse video on the new EV3 Home Edition, from unboxing to set to building, programming and running the flagship model EV3RSTORM:

The day before yesterday, LEGO announced that the Home Edition of EV3 will be available at 1st of September for purchase in the stores. Also the 12 bonus models created by members of the community have been revealed; each of these models can be built with one single Home edition set and building instructions for them will be published by LEGO for free download: By courtesy of Marc-Andre Bazergui

LEGO® has kindly provided us with glossy images of the five main robots that come with the Home Edition of next-generation MINDSTORMS EV3: EV3RSTORM GRIPP3R R3PTAR SPIK3R TRACK3R All images by courtesy of The LEGO Group .