Into this late-’90s vacuum left in the wake of the 8-bit home computer revolution came LEGO ... different robotics kits. In 1998, a home computer had morphed from something programmable ...

Lego’s new Mindstorms EV3 kit ... a juddering robot limited the audience to high-school and university students. That all changed in 1998 when Lego launched its first wave of programmable ...