Dieses Dokument beschreibt die Idee/Experiment, wie aus wenigen Teilen einfache "Laufmaschinen" konstruiert werden können. 

Die Idee: Durch eine Reduzierung der Teileauswahl (insbesondere durch das Weglassen von Radern), wird die Kreativitat angeregt. Die ublicherweise mit Fortbewegung assoziierten Bewegungsmuster (Gangarten von Tier und Mensch) werden durch eigenen Kontruktionen erweitert. Zudem vermittelt dieses Experiment, welche Bandbreite an Fortbewegungsarten selbst mit nur wenigen Teilen moglich ist.

Aufgabenstellung: Bau eines Roboters der sich (ohne Rader) Vorwärts bewegt. Die zur Verfugung stehende Zeit beträgt 45 Minuten. Achtet darauf, dass die Konstruktion stabil ist. Es kommt nicht auf die Geschwindigkeit der Fortbewegung an!

This document describes the Idea/Experiment - how to build a "walking" robot out of the least amount of parts possible.

The idea: The subtracting of parts, especially the wheels, adds creativity. The usual way of thinking about locomotion, like the movement of animals or humans, will extend through one's own creation. The experiment will show how wide the band of locomotion really is, even with few parts.

LEGO silly walking robots created by Mike Rinderknecht 2007 - Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Zurich, Switzerland

At the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, which was held on the 01.07.2013, LEGO released the new Lego Mindstorm EV3 system. EV3 will hit the markets around July 2013. J
 
Just like the proceeding model (NXT) it will come in two versions the retail version and the education version. Depending on the version it will have three servo motors, one touch sensor, 1 ultrasonic distance sensor (or an Infrared-Distance Sensor with an Infrared-Beacon) and one color sensor.
 
According to the manufacturer EV3 will have a Linux operating system which will continue, the with the NXT started open source philosophy.
 
In addition to our Roberta EV3 vs. NXT comparisson Damien Kee wrote an very interesting article called: EV3 vs. NXT The Educators Dilemma

Auf der bei Band 1 -NXT beigefügten CD-ROM ist die Bauanleitung des Roberta-Ameisen Modells leider fehlerhaft. Im unten befindlichen Link finden Sie die korrigierte Bauanleitung als pdf-Dokument.
 
Viel Spaß bei der Konstruktion und Umsetzung des Roberta-Experiments!
Ihre Roberta-Zentrale

The Roberta-Box is a bundle of all materials which are needed to equip a group of two or three children in a Roberta learning environment. It is based on the LEGO MINDSTORMS Education NXT and contains the LEGO MINDSTORMS Education NXT robot construction kit, documentation, Roberta volume 1-Basics and 1-NXT, software and materials for the implementation of Roberta courses.

In detail the Roberta-Box contains the following items:

The "Roberta series" documents the Roberta concept. It was developed by Fraunhofer IAIS and partners and sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research. The series presents teaching and learning materials for robot courses that are especially interesting to girls and are conducted by trained Roberta course instructors.

The first volume of the Roberta series contains basics for planning and conducting Roberta courses. This includes, in particular, didactic advice for gender-sensitive course organization. The book serves as an introduction to robotics, presents different construction kits and shows programming possibilities for controlling the robots.

ISBN: 978-3-8167-7887-5

The second volume of the Roberta series offers many experiments, detailed building instructions, tips and tricks for avoiding or solving technical problems with the robot construction kits (LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT). The CD-ROM accompanying the volume contains programming examples for all experiments. The programming environments used are LEGO MINDSTORMS Education (LME) and Bricx Command Center.

ISBN: 978-3-8167-7888-2