This table compares the past and present LEGO Mindstorms Software.
ROBOLAB 2.5.4 - The previous version
of ROBOLAB (only for the RCX). Designed for the Educational Market
RIS 2.0 (Robotics Invention System) - The retail software
for RCX
LME NXT (Lego Mindstorms NXT Software) - A special
version of the NXT software for the educational market.
Retail NXT - The retail version of the NXT Software
ROBOLAB 2.9 - The latest version of ROBOLAB (for the
NXT and RCX)
Designed to help facilitate migration. |
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ROBOLAB
2.5.4 |
RIS
2.0 |
LME
NXT |
Retail
NXT |
ROBOLAB 2.9 | | Mac | X | | X | X | X | | PC | X | X | X | X | X | | Tutorials | X | | X | X | X | | Datalogging | X | | (X)*** | (X)*** | X | | NXT Brick Compatible | | | X | X | X | | RCX Brick Compatible | X | X | | | X | | Site License Available | X | | X | | X | | Levels of Programming | X | | X* | (X) | X | | Uses LabVIEW Engine | X | | X | X | X | | Existing Sensors Compatible | X | X | X | | X | | Number of Icons | 430 | ? | 41 | 37 | 430+ | | Easy Pallet - # Icons | 2-10 (pilot) | n/a | 7 | 7 | 2-10 (pilot) | | Advanced Pallet - # Icons | 430 | n/a | 45 | 40 | 450 | | Developed by | Tufts | Lego | NI | NI | Tufts | | Internet Capabilities | X | | X | X | X | | Direct Mode | X | | X | X | X | | Multiple brick communication | | | X | | | | Image processing/Camera Support | X | | X** | X** | X | | Bluetooth support | | | X | X | | | Floating point math | | | | | X | | Piano Player (music composition) | X | | | | X | | Build own icons | X | X | X | X | X | | Comment out code | | | X | X | | | Control lab compatible | X | | | | X | | Data Analysis | X | | | | X | | Open source | X | | (X)**** | (X)**** | X | | *Robot Educator creates natural progression
from Easy to Advanced pallet | | **In the future, with Bluetooth-enabled
camera phones. Not available immediately. | | ***File Access in NXT enables you to upload
a data file with sensor readings that can then be imported in e.g.
Excel. | | ****Source Code for NXT will partly be made
available in SDK (Software Developers Kit) |
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