fischertechnik® (the lowercase is deliberately used in the trademarked name) is a brand of construction toy. It was invented by Artur Fischer and is produced by Artur Fischer GmbH & Co.KG (fischerwerke). Fans often refer to fischertechnik as FT or ft. It is used in education for teaching about simple machines, as well as motorization and mechanisms. The company also offers computer interface technology which can be used to teach the theory of automation and robotics. Artur Fischer (*1919 in Tumlingen, Black Forest Germany) is the most succesfull inventor worldwide. ...
It is claimed at some of the websites researched for this article that the company's main product line is industrial fasteners and that the company principals got into the educational line some 40 years ago when they became interested in fostering education and interest in technology and science among the young.
In some ways it is a competitor of LEGO, especially in their Technic and MindStorms lines. However FT tends to market to educational and high-end specialty retailers more than LEGO does, and has not ever done movie or character tie-ins as a marketing vehicle. Lego Group logo Lego sets feature a large variety of themed people (called “minifiguresâ€), including the Space, Castle, and City figures above. ... Technic is a line of Lego interconnecting plastic bricks. ... Lego Mindstorms is a line of Lego Group products combining programmable bricks along with electric motors, sensors, Lego bricks, and Lego Technic pieces (gears, axles, beams, pneumatic parts, etc. ...
FT uses a visual programming language, RoboPRO, to allow users to program their devices and robots. This software is available for Windows and Linux.
External References
Fischertechnik official North American website.
Fischertechnik official German website (in German).
Fischertechnik official German website (in English).
Hobby Engineering third party reseller with historical information and representative kit images.
Fan site listing at the company site
ft-fanarchiv Homepage with old assembly instructions and catalogues
ft-fanpage ft-fanpage.de, there are some old assembly instructions
fischertechnik is a relatively small division of a firm named Fischerwerke.
With fischertechnik, Artur Fischer took the firm's expertise in engineering and materials to construct a modeling system of superior quality and capability.
Now with over three decades of experience and development, the fischertechnik construction kits and robot kits address a broad range of technology and engineering concepts across a spectrum of ages from 5 years old to adult professionals.
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