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>My only wish was that Lego would start selling 'engineering' sets

Is this is what you want?

http://www.legoeducation.us/eng/product/lego_mindstorms_educ...

817 Technic parts go get you going.

It is marked "Lego Education." I ordered two sets using my .edu email address and no one complained.

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After a quick browse I found this: http://www.legoeducation.us/eng/categories/products/universi...

Certainly closer to real robotics, with servos, metal parts, etc.

Wow, how long has this been around? Does it use the standard LEGO attachment system or is it all nuts and bolts? Looks sort of like Meccano.

It's actually produced by a Pitsco, Inc. Much like Meccano it's put together with nuts and bolts. There are parts called Hard Point connectors to interface with Lego. http://www.legoeducation.us/eng/product/tetrix_hard_point_co...

Looks like a joint venture for educational purposes.

Tetrix with an NXT brick is the basis for FIRST Tech Challenge robots, if you want to see some examples of what high school age kids build with it. http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc

I've been looking at this system too. http://matrixrobotics.com Interfaces perfectly with Lego and is more Lego like in the way you can build things. Their holes line up perfectly with Lego holes. Pretty cool.

I wish they had more details on this "design engineering" pack: http://www.legoeducation.us/eng/product/ev3_design_engineeri...

It seems pretty cool.

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