One of OpenWorm’s founders, Timothy Busbice, applied the brain mapping to create software that mimics the way the natural neural network works. Then he put it in a LEGO Mindstorms EV3 robot.

The latest such offering is the Lego Boost kit. The $159 collection of bricks allows you to create five different models including a robot and kitten. Then, using the Lego Boost app for Apple’s ...

After being mixed by the Lego robot, the liquid can be used for purifying tiny structures made of DNA molecules that researchers like Hariadi want to use as tiny machines.

A group of bioengineers at Arizona State University have come up with an ingenious approach to create DNA origami nanostructures using a LEGO robot as a gradient mixer.

The Lego Mindstorms kit, which first appeared in 1998, lets you design and build a wide variety of robots. The new Mindstorm NXT, due out Aug. 1, is a complete revamp that makes it even easier to ...

The new Lego Boost building and coding set will help teach kids robotics and how to code. The $160 Lego Boost set combines traditional Lego block building, electronic components and programming to ...

Hours later, I made a farting robot. Lego Boost isn't a regular Lego kit: it's a connected, programmable robotics set. It pairs with a tablet or phone with Bluetooth. It has motors and proximity ...

The Lego Mindstorms Robot Inventor kit is the best way to teach kids (or yourself) how to build and program robots, with a Bluetooth-capable brain, multiple motors, nearly 1,000 pieces, and ...

Turn your old Android phone into a smart security system controlled remotely, with a little bit of help from Lego.

How Lego Boost works One Lego Boost kit lets you make five robots, one at a time. That’s because the “brains” of each robot is the Move Hub, a little box covered in Lego bricks.