
Why Robotics?
What’s so special about robotics? Why have LEGO MINDSTORMS experienced
such great success? Each one of us might have our own answers.
Robotics is an interdisciplinary subject, combining different fields of study that in
traditional educational systems you usually examine separately: physics, mathematics,
electronics, and computer programming, just to name a few. Robotics is a hobby
through which you can find a practical application for many of the concepts you
studied in school—or, if you didn’t study them, or don’t have an aptitude for them, it
offers a great way to learn by experience and by having some fun.The most impor-
tant point,