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| Hi I wonder if anyone has had a chance to use the new VEX robotic kit by radio shack. I am trying to collect the info to evaluate this product vs LEGO RIS + robolab in terms of educational values. ---...--- -------- Best Regards, Elizabeth Mabrey (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.edu)
| | | | | Re: vex robotics kit
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| (...) I haven't used it, but I thank you for pointing it out. (For others, the link is (URL).) I hate to say it, but this looks like it rather blows the socks off of standard LEGO robotics. The starter kit is $300, which is a 50% pricier, but comes (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.edu, FTX)
| | | | | RE: vex robotics kit
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| Hi Joe, Their website seemingly offers a lot of other gadgets. However, I have serious doubt about the programming platform though. Or, perhaps I have not found much about the programming language which can interface with it. ---...--- -------- (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| (...) I don't think so. (...) Sure, but it seems of not much value regarding programming. The informations on the vex site are sparse and not easy to decipher, but I think you will have to: - pay aditional $99 for somethink called easyC, that is (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.edu)
| | | | | Re: vex robotics kit
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| (...) I think you're paying not for the compiler, but for the "programmer" (a sort of serial adapter with an integrated PIC that massages the data somehow). But either way, yes, it's an extra $100 to program the thing. And without the ability to (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.edu, FTX)
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