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Re: mindstorms NXT vs the Competition
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 9 Jan 2006 14:37:50 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Dick Swan wrote:
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Scribbler is lowest priced at $100. But it is not a kit.
It’s a pre-assembled robot. Feature set is awesome - two
motors, line follower detection, sound, infrared distance
sensors - for this price. But there is absolutely no
customization. You can use preloaded programs or write your
own. It’s brain is a Parallax Basic Stamp. I think there’s
less than 256 bytes of RAM in a Basic Stamp. The version
used in the Scribbler is a masked-ROM Microchip PIC CPU. PC
programming connection is via RS-232 cable. The RCX is a
better / more flexible system than this.
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I hadn’t looked at the Scribbler prior to this post...
and I am stunned at how much their programming language (Scribbler Program Maker
GUI) resembles the original RIS software:
I’m guessing that they designed theirs on the “success” of the RIS...
-Rob A>
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Message is in Reply To:
 | | RE: mindstorms NXT vs the Competition
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| I'm somewhat bemused by the comments on limited memory, CPU capacity, features, etc on the new NXT brick. At $250 it fits right in the middle range of the other popular consumer hobbyist robotics kits which range in price from $100 to $500. These (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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