The big picture: Lego has announced plans to shut down its Mindstorms line of programmable robotics following a 24-year run. Mindstorms debuted in September 1998 as an educational tool for ...

Lego to discontinue Mindstorms robot line after a 24-year run Lego to pull robotics kit Dec. 2022, redirecting efforts into "different areas of the business." ...

Lego is discontinuing its Mindstorms robotics kits by the end of the year A combination of learning and capable robotics, Mindstorms have been around since 1998.