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Re: Lego Team Challenge or RIS?
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Date: 
Tue, 25 Jun 2002 05:41:48 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Wayne Watson writes:
I've been working towards teaching a one week robotics class this summer with a friend using
MindStorms RIS 2.0. The class is still 3 weeks away. The director went to order the kits and ended
up contacting Dacta, which is the educational arm of Lego. They recommended their Team Challenge
2.5, which features RoboLab. The claim is that it's a better teaching tool even though it's about
$30 more per kit. Anyone have experience with 2.5 to offer suggestions?


I think its the flexability...the robolabs offer additional inputs and
outputs, and offer direct connection from the computer to the RoboLab
Interface.  Yes, the RIS does have the USB Infared Transmitter/Receiver,
the allowance to program on the computer to the ROBOLAB is very nice, and
(assuming) that the interface is as good if not better than the software...
I mean firmware used by RIS machine.

These are of course my opinions.

Benjamin Medinets



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(...) I think you might be confusing Robolab with the older Control Lab product. Control Lab is (was?) an I/O box that connects to a computer via RS-232 and allows control of 8 motors, 4 passive sensors (touch/temperature) and 4 active sensors (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Lego Team Challenge or RIS?
 
I've been working towards teaching a one week robotics class this summer with a friend using MindStorms RIS 2.0. The class is still 3 weeks away. The director went to order the kits and ended up contacting Dacta, which is the educational arm of (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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