Lego Mindstorms is a line of programmable robotics/construction toys, manufactured by the Lego Group. it comes in a kit containing many pieces including sensors and cables.
Mindstorms originated from the programmable sensor blocks used in the line of educational toys. The first retail version of Lego Mindstorms was released in 1998 and marketed commercially as the Robotics Invention System (RIS). The next version was released in 2006 as Lego Mindstorms NXT. The newest version, released in August 5, 2009, is known as Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0.
The original Mindstorms Robotics Invention System kit contained two motors, two touch sensors, and one light sensor. The NXT version has three servo motors and one sensor each for touch, light, sound, and distance. The NXT 2.0 has 2 touch sensors as well as light, sound and distance sensors, and support for 4 without using a sensor multiplexor. Lego Mindstorms may be used to build a model of an embedded system with computer-controlled electromechanical parts.
In the laboratory has been used two programming languages: Embedded Coder Robot and NXC