Is LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT supported in previous releases?

I would like to develop algorithms to run on LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT using Simulink and I would like to know if it is supported in previous releases.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT is supported in various MATLAB releases, including Student Version. It is recommended to check the Hardware Support Package System Requirements page below to ensure you have the required release, operating system, and base product for your hardware support package:

https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/system-requirements.html

The support packages currently available are as follows: 

Support from Simulink

• LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT hardware was retired by LEGO in 2013 and built-in support from Simulink for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT was discontinued in May 2018.
• We recommend migrating to LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 hardware and use LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Support from Simulink instead, which is available for download for Windows and Linux since MATLAB R2014a, and for all platforms since MATLAB R2016a:https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/lego-mindstorms-ev3-simulink.html​

Support from MATLAB

• We recommend migrating to LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 hardware and use LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Support from MATLAB instead, which is available for download for all platforms since MATLAB R2014b:https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/lego-mindstorms-ev3-matlab.html

Support from Embedded Coder

• A demonstration that uses Embedded Coder to program a LEGO MINDSTORM NXT robot is available at the following MATLAB Central File Exchange entry:https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/13399-embedded-coder-robot-nxt-demo  

• Works with MATLAB R2006a - R2012a (32bit/64bit)