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Re: Got my RIS 2.0 set
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Sat, 28 Jul 2001 02:55:00 GMT
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Does the RIS 2.0 graphical language support the scout?
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"Tilman Sporkert (webMethods)" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message
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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 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Tilman
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