You can tell Lego Boost robot Vernie what to do via an app.
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Lego Boost robot teaches younger kids to code and bring their own creations to life

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Lego Mindstorms has taught hordes of teens to learn how to program robots. Now Lego Group is launching Lego Boost, a series of toy robots that can teach younger kids how to code.

Lego is introducing five different robots in one play set at CES 2017, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week. I got an early look at one robot, Vernie, at a demo by Simon Kent, lead designer of Lego Boost, who will also show it at the Kids@Play Kids & Technology Marketplace at CES.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.