10/01/2002
5:45 PM

 

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Frankentosh: Building Robots using Mac OS X
 
   
  • Mindstorms
    • Let's face it - Legos are a "kids' toy" - so why use it to build robots?
      • They're cheap
      • They're tolerant of mistakes & intermixable
      • You can use them as easily as kids can, and work with them along side kids
      • No soldering and electronics necessary (unless you want to!)
    • Why shouldn't you use Legos?
      • Cheap is only relative
      • Some specialty parts are not easy to get hold of
      • Lego robotics are not very precise
      • RCX system is limited in number of inputs and outputs
    • Overall, For a starting-into-robotics set, it's pretty good.
 
   
Ted Stevko, Stevko Studios http://www.plasticnoodle.com