Jago's primary purpose is to facilitate writing robot programs in Java for Lego Mindstorms robots. Jago provides a robot API that includes intuitive methods like goForward(), pivotRight(), and pivotLeft(). Jago programs can run in a 2D simulator, and they can be downloaded into the RCX and run in the robot.

In addition to writing robot programs, Jago can be used to write 2D game-like simulations involving actors and behaviors.

Since the Spring of 2000, The United States Military Academy at West Point has used Jago to teach computer programming principles like sequencing, selection, and iteration to Freshmen. West Point faculty have created a wrapper package called eecs that enables students to write graphic 2D robot simulations using Jago. This package is included in the Jago project as an example of one of the ways that Jago can be used.

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