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Re: Got my RIS 2.0 set
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 24 Jul 2001 18:42:33 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, "Tilman Sporkert \(webMethods\)" <tilman@webmethods.com>
writes:
> I just received my RIS 2.0 set. Here's a quick rundown:
> - Part contents is identical to 1.5 except for
> - The RCX is labeled 2.0. Otherwise, it is visually identical to the RCX
> that came with the 1.5 sets. There's no power connector.
> - A single optical fiber is included. I didn't see any place where it
> is actually used.
> - The IR tower uses a USB port, and needs no batteries. There's no
> range switch on it anymore either. Instead, you use a control panel
> to configure it.
> - The Constructopedia is pretty much the same.
> - The CD contains update software for the old expansion sets.
> - The are additional professional challenges on the CD:
> - Security Vault: The light sensor is used as a bar code reader to
> open two compartments.
> - Refrigerator Fred is a cute little robot that covers his eyes when
> you open the refrigerator.
> - Artbot uses up to 3 pens to draw on a piece of paper. It uses a
> light sensor to keep aligned with previously drawn lines.
> - Deliverybot picks up things and drops them off somewhere else.
> - Candy Sorter dispenses and sorts candy into two bins according to
> color.
> - Robotic Arm is just that. It rotates, too. A light sensor is used
> to locate objects to pick up.
> - spirit.ocx doesn't appear to be part of the software anymore. It doesn't
> get installed, and I couldn't find it on the CD either. Neither did I see
> any parts of the SDK for programming in the script language directly.
> - The "Tour" part of the software shows a climber that climbs up a wire
> oven rack. I suspect you get to build that with the Ultimate Builders set.
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> The biggest change is of course in the software:
> - The programming screen runs in a fixed 800x600 resolution. But you can
> zoom in and out.
> - There's a library of "Big Blocks" for the challenges, like "Shake" or
> "Zigzag", that you can drop into your program. You can expand them to
> see all the steps they contain. You can make your own in a section
> called "My Blocks".
> - You can create variables, and can perform various operations
> on them.
> - You can add comments to your program.
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> Tilman
Tilman, what you are saying is that the set *seems* to be identical except
for a new IR Tower, new software and some additional 'challanges'.
For me, the serial-connected tower seemed OK and the packaged software stays
in the package, unused.
Could anyone suggest what LEGO has been doing? They almost launched this
six months ago but withdrew and resupplied stores with RIS 1.5. Are we all
to run out and buy a product that is essentially the same? Or are there
value-added features in RIS 2.0 not yet revealed?
Jerry
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| (...) That's correct. (...) Why would you want to buy one unless you want additional RCX's? I think there's enough demand for the RIS from new customers that they don't have to worry about enhancing it enough to get existing customers to buy it all (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I just received my RIS 2.0 set. Here's a quick rundown: - Part contents is identical to 1.5 except for - The RCX is labeled 2.0. Otherwise, it is visually identical to the RCX that came with the 1.5 sets. There's no power connector. - A single (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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