Lego Mindstorms Software and Virtual Simulators

Hello Jason,

 Here are the tasks that I was required to do in the last 3 weeks.

A- Find lego mindstorms software and virtual simulators that are suitable for primary and secondary students to use.

  

1-    RobotC software and RVW simulator

-Using C language

-30 days Free trail (499$ life time licence for 30 seats)

-Recommended

- http://www.robotc.net/download/nxt/

 2-      Robo Sim software

-Schulerlabor (German software)

-Simple

-  http://schuelerlabor.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/simulator

3-     Microsoft VPL software

-Easy to use

-No virtual simulator

- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb483027.aspx

4-    LeJos NXJ software and LMS simulator

-Allow to program the NXT

-Can not find a free virtual simulator

- http://freshbrain.org/tool/lego-mindstorms-simulator

5-    nxcEditor

-Only in Linux

- Recommended

- http://nxceditor.sourceforge.net/

B- Can we use standard mindstorms programming language with the RVW environment?

1-    Robotics Academy (FIRE project)                                         

-NXTG (future)

-LabView (future)

-RobotC (already exists)

- www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/fire/virtual-worlds/

- www.cs2n.org/blog

C- Test and drive the following four movement challenges 

1-Labyrinth Challenge

2-ROBO500l

3-RoboSlalom

4-Sumobat

The four challenges were compiled and tested. The following are the screen shot of the four programs

1-Labyrinth Challenge

2-ROBO500l

3-RoboSlalom

4-Sumobat