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Re: Teaching a Robotics Class

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Originally Posted by jalmos View Post
I would like to not use Lego Robotics.
I'm wondering what your reason(s) for not using a LEGO robotics system is. My family teaches some robotics classes with the LEGO Mindstorms system and it works great. Now, I'm not trying to persuade you into using something else than what you want, but I urge you to at least consider a LEGO system. I also agree with Jon above that LEGO does not diminish engineering. It's easy to change, adjust and reuse, as well as being relitively inexpensive. If you have any questions about it I can go into further detail (I have around 8-9 years experience with the Mindstorms system). Finally, I'd like to point out that this summer LEGO is releasing a 3rd generation of Mindstorms, called the EV3. Quite advanced compared to the previous, the NXT. I'd suggest checking it out.

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