At the age of 7 years is the perfect time to have a young person turned onto engineering and science. This country of course does not have enough technologists or scientists and its really hurting us! Anywho, the Lego Mindstorm Kit would be a perfect start for her. Yes it takes time to program and of course understand the settings and such but she will get use to it. It is something that she will grow into.
I would predict that after she has pretty much mastered the programming of the Lego Mindstorms, she can easily be a valuable asset to a FIRST Lego League Team.
There is also other robotics projects out there that are geared more torwards the programming spectrum. The Trinity Fire Fighting Competition is a key example. The masters of programming and robotics compete on a higher level.
Of course, after FIRST Lego League, she can move to the High School Level. A lot of teams invite younger members to join. The experience from that may influence them to stay or pursue other engineering options
I hope this information is helpful. If you need more information on Lego Mindstorms, don't be shy to ask. I was a coach with FLL, volunteer, and now a Judge at one of the State Competitions!
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Originally Posted by Cepak
My 7 year old daughter really wants to build robots. She is always bugging me about building one. Last year I bought her an R2D2, and, although she likes playing with it, it doesn't seem enough for her. She isn't shy with computers and loves to play video games. I'm contemplating buying her the Lego Mindstorm 2.0 system and I'm wondering, would this system be too advanced for a 7 year old? I'm a software engineer so I can help her with it, but will someone this age be able to do things with it on their own? I'd love to buy it for her, but the last thing I want is something that costs $200 to just occupy closet space. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.
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