In case someone is interested I've seen this : http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/498085 *Description:*

The new Lego Mindstorms NXT brick has an on-board Bluetooth transceiver that can connect to a serial port service on a PC. The NXT uses a simple format to pass raw bytes between connected Bluetooth devices. This interface allows the NXT brick to be controlled from Python. Robot programming in Python anyone?

... Mindstorms NXT will soon sell in France, at last. --- On 02/05/06, francois schnell <francois.schnell@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

I've just read the open source move of Lego concerning it's new Mindstorm NXT: http://slashdot.org/articles/06/05/02/111245.shtml http://mindstorms.lego.com/press/2057/Open%20Source%20Announcement.aspx

The firmware sources and blue tooth protocols will be available. :) This definitely interest me and I'll buy one as soon as available (in August).

I didn't find anything about using Minstorms with Python yet but it looks like there'a a SDK for Microsoft Visual Studio Express with VB, C#, J#, C++: http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/lego/default.aspx

Even if Iron Python is not integrated in Visual Studio (I believe), using the classes with IronPython shouldn't be a problem (I imagine). Anyway I'm not a fan of .Net/Mono and I'll probably try to explore other ways .

I want to see what can be done with Python and this Mindstorms NXT in particular in an "educational/constructivist" context.

If you know any projects already using Python and the actual MindstormsI'm also interested or your thoughts on the subject.

Thanks

francois