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Re: New LEGO Education set - 9580 WeDo Robotics Construction Set
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 5 Apr 2009 18:41:26 GMT
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On Sun, 5 Apr 2009, Jordan Bradford wrote:
> This is a new Power Functions-based LEGO Education product that works similarly
> to how the old Dacta Control Lab did. At the core is a USB breakout box with two
> Power Functions connections. The programs are written in yet another
> LabView-based graphical programming environment. It's like the Control Lab
> because everything you build is tethered to the computer. LEGO robotics has gone
> full circle, then: Control Lab (tethered/non-autonomous) -> RCX
> (free/autonomous) -> NXT (free/autonomous) -> WeDo (tethered/non-autonomous).
To be fair, I think WeDo is targeted at much younger audience than the RCX
and NXT. The chart on page 2 of the Dacta catalog actually specifies it
as elementary school only, while the NXT is elemetary school through
college. Which means WeDo might be around my level of robotics
expertise. . .
> It introduces (at least, I think it does) Power Functions versions of a motion
> sensor (IR, not ultrasound) and a tilt sensor which has something rattling
> around inside it. The set also comes with one of the small Power Functions
> motors.
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> I just got it, so I haven't had time to play with it or set up the software, so
> I don't know anything about its limitations like the number of devices it can
> handle, etc. One important thing to note is that the two sensors' connectors
> have a flat tile top -- no studs or electrical connections.
I saw that in the catalog. I wonder if that's so people don't daisy-chain
them (which I believe the regular Power Functions do) and interfere with
the sensing or software? If so, what happens if you use a Power Functions
wire to get around that?
--
TWS Garrison
http://www.morfydd.net/twsg/
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