This morning, Lego Education announced that the highly anticipated update to the Mindstorms robotics platform, Mindstorms EV3, will begin shipping this summer on August 1. The education-based kit, which is accompanied with a rich and highly customizable curriculum is available to preorder now. Retail sets are scheduled to be released later, in the fall of this year.
I love me some lego robots, but, egad, is it expensive!
I tried to get my local library to purchase a kit or two for our youth sessions, but when I got to the bit about the proce, they understandably balked.
I can understand the price tag for the hardware and components, but the software license fees are just ridiculous.
I agree, it is extremely expensive.
If you buy the Mindstorms Education kit, how is the curriculum information delivered? Do you have to access it online via some kind of code, or is there a CD included with the kit?