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The new education base robot, with a special metal caster ball. The all new small motor based on the PFsmall motor, but with encoder and MINDSTORMS connector. The new battery pack as you can see has different clips on the side (2) so you can not use the old battery pack but it uses the same 10v DC power adapter. the pack is again one module higher, but on the sides you can still add a cross beam. The Education set will come with a different set of sensor than the retail set. with an all new extension set you can build some ultimate cool models, like this Elephant and a spinning factory, also a whole range of Stem models. more information on the LEGO Education MINDSTORMS site and their news site below meet the designer! Thanks Lee.

In the past years I've received a lot of questions about LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT set versions. Here's an article I wrote which hopefully covers most of these questions. You'll find an overview of: Overview of all three versions of the NXT set, and the differences in the included electronics Links to element parts lists Overview of Education base set and resource set (two versions) Color vs. Light Sensor - which is in the NXT set? NXT Rechargeable battery, what is it? Upgrading NXT kit Upgrading NXT "1.0" software NXT Versions and NXT Books Most of this is very basic information, but the variety of NXT sets and information can be confusing for new users and teachers. Especially when you buy a lot of sets for the classroom, it's important to know what you buy. I'm not making any recommendations to what you should buy, I'm only collecting a lot of information in one place. Click to view article . --- And a question to those who use the NXT-G education softwa...

I frequently hear from teachers and other users who have only the LEGO Education NXT Base Set (9797) , looking for building instructions and an alternative to the standard Robot Educator Model (REM) design that is included in the LEGO Education software. Many are looking for a base robot design that is quick and easy to build but flexible enough to use in a variety of lessons and other activities. As an educator myself, I often have a need for such as design as well. So I recently developed and posted a design to try to fill this need. The Express-Bot is a simple robot vehicle with several modular attachments that can be individually built, selected, and combined, and everything can be built using a single 9797 set (I also resisted using the " Hassenpins " that were added to the new 9797 set, so that everything can still be built using only the original 9797 set, which lacked these). Designs for several simple attachments are included, using all of the standard sensors a...