Lego Robotics
MIT's Experimental Study Group offers this lab-based seminar on building and programming robots from Lego parts, motors, and sensors. Students work through hands-on projects that cover mechanical design, basic electronics, and control programming, learning how gears, structural supports, and sensor feedback combine into a working robot. The course is structured as a series of lab sessions rather than lectures, with each session building toward more complex robot behaviors. Course materials on MIT OpenCourseWare include the syllabus and lab assignments used in the seminar. It suits learners who want a practical, tinkering-focused introduction to robotics rather than a theory-heavy treatment, and requires no prior programming or engineering background to start.