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• Mindstorms Nxt, Lego Mindstorms Nxt
• Trak Bot, Cls Trak Bot
• Robotics, Robodevelopment Conference

The new LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT software gives users the opportunity to take advantage of the latest operating systems while improving the functionality of the product, We are proud to continue bringing innovation to the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT product, one of the most popular robotics platforms ever launched. - Steven Canvin, LEGO Group. National Instruments  and the LEGO Group introduced the latest software update for the popular LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robotics invention system. Powered by the National Instruments LabVIEW graphical programming environment, LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT software Version 1.1 now provides support for the Windows Vista operating system and Intel-based Macintosh computers in addition to improving memory usage on the NXT Intelligent Brick...

The Trak-Bot is a fun, inexpensive way to learn about robotics in a contained environment, said William Lovell, CEO of c-Link Systems. The user's imagination is the only limitation as to what can be done with the Trak-Bot. - William Lovell, CEO of c-Link Systems. c-Link Systems announced to introdussing cLS-Trak-Bot, a table-top sized robotic vehicle that allows students and hobbyists to get hand-on experience with autonomous motion. The Trak-Bot's drive system was created to look and feel like a bulldozer and/or military tank...

We are delighted to join Robotics Trends and international robotics community at the RoboDevelopment Conference and Exposition. As the first technical event for the robotics industry that is focused on the design and development of commercial mobile robots and intelligent systems products, the RoboDevelopment event provides Hanson with a great opportunity to demonstrate our robots and robotic technology to the robotics community and the world at large. - David Hanson, Hanson Robotics. Robotics Trends and EH Publishing announced that Hanson Robotics has joined the RoboDevelopment Conference and Exposition as a sponsor and that Hanson Robotics will demonstrate their groundbreaking new Zeno humanoid robot at a Robotics Networking Reception. The RoboDevelopment Conference and Exposition, which takes place at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California Oct...