Robotic Challenge with Lego Mindstorms

Robotic contests are always a big draw for engineers, and they’re seen as a great way to get youngsters interested in science and technology. Lego Mindstorms are on display in Texas at NIWeek 07, with teams ranging from 11-year-olds and high school students to professional engineers.

They’ll be competing on a course used to teach Ohio State University engineering students how to program. The Mindstorm robots must track a line to find a colored block, then figure out what color it is and deliver it to a bin coded for each color. Teams will be given 45 mins to program their robots.