And robotics pros, makers, and hobbyists agreed. With its Lego-based design, built-in sensors, and expansive options for creativity, the Boost kit was the most fun to build with.

It joins a long line of Lego robotics products, like the stellar Mindstorms Ev3, that blend the build-it-yourself satisfaction of Lego bricks with the nerdy fascination of coding and robotics.

The Lego Mindstorms kit, which first appeared in 1998, lets you design and build a wide variety of robots. The new Mindstorm NXT, due out Aug. 1, is a complete revamp that makes it even easier to ...

The new, 543-piece Lego set, introduced this week at CES in Las Vegas, is like the younger brother to the Lego Mindstorms EV3 robot-building kit.

840 pieces come in the kit for $160, which isn't bad by Lego standards. The kit can make more than one robot, too; in fact, the set has instructions for five main creations, and can be customized ...

Then I tried to build my own without directions, and my robot designs became a lot simpler really fast. LEGO Mindstorms can be a very daunting kit.

The goal, I was told then, was to have the robots successfully building Lego models at Autodesk University–the company’s developers conference–by last November.

The best robot kit for younger kids, Lego Boost turns programming into a game your child will want to play.