[jabiko]

As a child I had a total blast building and programming things with Fischertechnik: https://www.fischertechnik.de/en/playing/robot-toys

You have microswitches, photoelectric and magnetic sensors, motors and pneumatic actuators to name a few. It all came with a software to program it all in a flowchart like fashion.

I fondly remember unpacking a set at christmas and playing with it. Honestly, I think Fischertechnik had a huge impact on me and put me on the career path that I am now. While my last experience with Fischertechnik is more than a decade ago, the website seems like they haven't lost their spirit

[meinersbur]

Started with Fischertechnik as well. The "Computing" set came out before LEGO Mindstorms. The flowchart programming tool was called "Lucky Logic", but it could also be programmed in C.

Here is how it looked like: https://fischertechnik-blog.de/2022/09/26/welche-kindheitstr...