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RCX Limitations, griping, etc. :)
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 6 Jan 1999 00:24:30 GMT
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Only 3 input ports... only 3 output ports... no expandability... The
only redeeming thing for it from a programmer's point of view is LegOS.
ARGH!!!
Okay... I'll try to calm down. Lessee...what are the alternatives?
Well, there's the MIT Programmable Brick.. But that's a research project
at MIT, and there are no plans to commercially sell it. Can't get my
hands on one.
There's the Cricket. Hrm... nope. Only two motor outputs. Further,
again, it's an internal project, with no plans for commercialization.
Again, can't get my hands on one.
There's the Handyboard... Okay, now *THIS* has potential. But there's
no readily obvious way to adapt it to a real LEGO mindset. It's a bare
motherboard that is subjected to the elements, is delicate, has no nice
and easy to follow directions in how to adapt it to plug into any LEGO
pieces, and overall just isn't suited to unplanned play. I can probably
get one of them quite easily, but then what?
Am I frustrated? Well... maybe just a little.
I'll shut up now.
Thanks for listening. :)
> > Mark
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The preceeding comments are not intended to offend anyone or anybody's
efforts. I realize that many people have done marvelous work in the
area of building robots with LEGO and the available tools, but for inept
clods such as myself, it doesn't appear that there are many workable
options.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | RE: RCX Limitations, griping, etc. :)
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| Don't forget the venerable 6811-based, sensor-rich, Rug Warrior Pro. If you like LEGO RCX, you'll like this one alot. A bit expensive though -- I paid about US$550. But it includes the robot, sensors, motors, Interactive C development environment, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: RCX Limitations, griping, etc. :)
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| (...) Ahhhh....but alas my friend, that is where the challenge lies. Hey...the Apollo missions had less to work with. :) (...) Well...the RCX *is* the commercialized version of the MIT work. (...) Yep, I agree. (...) ...and just a tad too large to (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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