Citation: Daniel Konstanski, The Secret Life of LEGO Bricks: The Inside Story of a Design Icon (Unbound, 2022). — p. 185-186.

MINDSTORMS was a new product line released in 1998 after a decade of development. It combined LEGO Technic elements with a new programmable, computerised smart brick. Known as the Robotic Control System, RCX, it was the end result of a partnership initiated by Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen himself with Seymour Papert, a renowned professor of mathematics and computer science at the US-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). LEGO Technic team members were involved in creating the designs for robots that were constructed mostly from LEGO Technic elements.

LEGO Mindstorms was co-developed with Seymour Papert of MIT Media Lab and released in 1998.