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Re: Lego Team Challenge or RIS?
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lugnet.robotics
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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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Message has 1 Reply:  | | Re: Lego Team Challenge or RIS?
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| 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 (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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