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    Re: Even better, RIS 1.5, $99.99 —Mike Payson
   I've been wondering if anybody has any ideas why they chose to go with IR as opposed to RF? The substantial limitations of IR make it highly impracticle for robotics. The only two reasons I can see would be cost or power limitations. I can't imagine (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Even better, RIS 1.5, $99.99 —Steve Baker
   (...) Probably regulatory. Lego want to market this in many countries - and probably don't want to redesign and re-certify it in every market. The 27MHz band is widely used for toys - but you get a lot of radio interference from toys, CB radio's and (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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