[Dprglist] [Dprg_roborama_committee] LEGO MindStorm to be discontinued

[Carl Ott]

Wow -

in case I haven't mentioned it -
there was a time when Lego Mindstorm played a prominent role in my time in
Nokia Mobile Phones R&D.

There was a manager training course where manager teams had to compete to
each build a T-Rex Mindstorm following the standard "engineering &
prototype & production line practices" of the day.
The twist was that the instructions for various subassemblies were
intentionally corrupted, and the parts kits were intentionally shorted or
misconfigured.
To "win" - the teams had to learn to cooperate.
The lesson was that within the company - it wasn't really about
competition - rather - it was more about working together for everybody /
all teams to succeed.

The other scenario was actually in one of the reliability test labs.
I recall one task - to verify the cycle time life for button presses.
Rather than spend the cycle time and money to build traditional 'model
shop' jigs made from metal that would 'last forever' -
Some of the guys built jigs from Lego Mindstorm - simply tapping the same
buttons over and over again.
Sure - the jigs would wear out relatively quickly, but they were super fast
and easy to replace.

Such fun...

- Carl


On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 10:26 AM Doug Paradis via DPRGlist via
Dprg_roborama_committee <dprg_roborama_committee at lists.dprg.org> wrote:

> Passing of an era...
> https://www.pcmag.com/news/lego-mindstorms-robotics-kits-are-being-discontinued?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=whatsnewnow&zdee=gAAAAABjNL8NytfuvUzSQPsBXMz-DLdwAeMn-_wzJyjw8aCEqUQKxredrgI4u4TQZYwCVrOJAG3uOZn_CdbBZYk2oZaFcdJmLYflxVQn7OwqOJf1hOPlAHc%3D
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