[Edu-sig] Mindstorm NXT and Python ?

[francois schnell]

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.
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On 02/05/06, francois schnell <francois.schnell at 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
>
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