The Mindstorms EV3 kit also adds an infrared sensor to the mix, giving robots the ability to see and detect various objects. The system runs on Linux-based firmware and sports USB and SD ports.

Lego Demonstrates New Robot-Programming App. By Christopher Piehler; 03/09/15; Today at the SXSWedu Conference in Austin, Lego Education demonstrated a new EV3 programming app for use with its ...

Mindstorms EV3 further improved that wireless functionality with the addition of wifi as well, but to program its ARM9 processor-powered EV3 brick still required you to sit at a computer or a ...

Real life objects such as robots, engines or sensors, which are used in the programming examples clearly illustrate the object orientation principle – the most important concept in Java programming.