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General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: cyber0066 on April 18, 2007, 11:01:39 PM

Title: What do you guys think of this kit?
Post by: cyber0066 on April 18, 2007, 11:01:39 PM: Looking to buy a versatile kit to get me started. I'm a university student just getting into robotics. I just have a few requirements.

1. Want to program in C
2. Versatile, not just a dedicated kit to build 1 thing (ie sumo kit)
3. Can allow for add-ons and expansions.
3. Comes with everything electrical at a minimum (mechanical not a must but preferred).

A classmate I know bought this:
http://www.inexglobal.com/products.php?type=ROBOTKIT&cat=ROBOTKIT&model=ickit
And he said he liked it because it had a lot of IO ports

and I went on the site and found two others that seem similar
http://www.inexglobal.com/products.php?type=ROBOTKIT&cat=ROBOTKIT&model=robopica
http://www.inexglobal.com/products.php?type=ROBOTKIT&cat=ROBOTKIT&model=robo51

Just wondering what do you guys recommend for me and also, if there are other robokits that are similar to what I'm looking for, please do suggest it.
Title: Re: What do you guys think of this kit?
Post by: ed1380 on April 19, 2007, 01:23:47 AM: Does it have to be a kit?
Admins $50 robot is easy and it's programmed in C (home page)
Great versitile MCU too

Those kits looks great, but I can't see the price so tht's kind an issue
If I had to choose one I'd take the robo-pica, since I've heard of that MCU more.
PIC's also have a big user group, so help would probably easier to come by
Title: Re: What do you guys think of this kit?
Post by: Hal9000 on April 20, 2007, 10:02:37 AM: I must say, those kits do look nice.

I think if you can do anything fun to enhance learning

e.g

Building a robot instead of programming microcontrollers to do things that aren't robots

Programming games instead of databases

It all helps gain a hunger for the rest of the boring stuff.
Title: Re: What do you guys think of this kit?
Post by: cyber0066 on April 20, 2007, 12:17:59 PM: Quote from: ed1380 on April 19, 2007, 01:23:47 AM
Does it have to be a kit?
Admins $50 robot is easy and it's programmed in C (home page)
Great versitile MCU too

Those kits looks great, but I can't see the price so tht's kind an issue
If I had to choose one I'd take the robo-pica, since I've heard of that MCU more.
PIC's also have a big user group, so help would probably easier to come by

Oh, yes. I saw the interactive C kit advertised for around $250 CDN. So yes, it is pretty expensive. I guess I should look at the $50 robot. I thought it was only task specific and didn't think it's something that can be expanded.