LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Inventor

LEGO System A/S

About this app

Create intelligent remote-control robots and vehicles using interactive in-app building instructions, with the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Robot Inventor App! For use with the LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor (51515) set, this companion app has everything you need to build Charlie, Tricky, Blast, M.V.P. and Gelo, each with their own unique abilities. Then get ready to code and play your way through 50+ challenging activities.

A fun build-and-play experience
As you construct each robotic toy using the step-by-step building instructions in the app, you’ll complete a series of fun coding activities along the way. But if you prefer, you can also download a PDF version.

Coding, the fun way
If you’ve ever used a visual coding environment, you’ll be right at home with the Robot Inventor App’s colourful drag-and-drop canvas based on Scratch. Each coding element is grouped into categories so you can quickly find what you’re looking for. As well as using the coding canvas to complete the 50+ activities included in the app, you can also code your own activities for an even greater challenge – or, if you’re a more advanced coder, you can also use Python.

Take control
The Robot Inventor App includes a remote-control feature so you can get your robot walking, dancing and firing with just a few taps! You can also customise it to create your own personalised controller.

Learn while you play
While you’re building, coding and playing with your robots, you’ll also be exploring, experimenting and learning.

Advanced machine learning
Using your device’s camera or microphone, you can train your models to recognise and react to objects and sounds… even your own voice!

A community of fan models
The Community section of the app lets you build and code a growing collection of fun models submitted by some of our fans.

Share your cool creation
If you’ve designed and built your own amazing robot, you can take a photo of it and upload it to LEGO Life for everyone to see. You can also get loads more inspiration from what others have created.

Key Features:
Intuitive drag-and-drop coding interface based on Scratch
50+ fun and challenging activities for beginners and more advanced users
Machine learning with advanced object and sound recognition
Community section with fan models and inspiration
Hub to hub connection for extended play possibilities
Help Centre with lots of tips for learning and exploring
Text-based Python coding for more advanced users
Bluetooth connectivity for wireless communication
Remote control for instant action
Consistent experience across iOS, macOS, Android and Windows
Digital building instructions included in the app
Kids gain STEM skills through playful learning

IMPORTANT:
This is not a stand-alone app. It’s used to build and code interactive LEGO robot toys included with the LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor (51515) set.

To check whether your device is compatible with the Robot Inventor 51515 set and Robot Inventor App, visit www.lego.com/service/device-guide.

LEARN MORE:
For more information about LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor, visit www.LEGO.com/themes/MINDSTORMS/about.

For app support, contact LEGO Consumer Service at service.LEGO.com/contactus.

LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Minifigure, MINDSTORMS and the MINDSTORMS logo are trademarks and/or copyrights of the LEGO Group. ©2022 The LEGO Group. All rights reserved.

Ratings and reviews

We've been trying the LEGO Spikes recently. We've been going for a week and have had several technical problems. The hub has trouble connecting. Some devices have more features than others, and we've had anywhere from 0-2 updates per hub, per device, per day (no they do not add the missing features), these updates can take most of class; sometimes these updates will finish up completely before giving an error and restaring. I don't know the root cause, but I hope the Spikes can be used in class.

It does not have an option to change the name of a project upon creation, you have to save it and then go back and change the name. It would also be nice to be able to add photos to project thumbnails but it does not need that. Also you can only have 2 motors on movement mode, I use 4 in some situations but can't with the movement blocks.

Great app really easy to program, and it makes it fun to play with it every time👍. I only don't really like the community tab. I have been waiting to see a new community project. And what is also is really hard is to copy and paste. And it's not on the "help" Thing. If that would be easier than that would be great. But it can be hard to learn the scratch programming language. But you will get how it work. It's just so fun, because you can actually do anything you want. And you learn a lot.

What's new

We fixed some bugs to make your creations perform better.
There is a new firmware available for your Hub!