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Re: Teaching a Robotics Class
I've been teaching a robotics class using the Lego NXT program for about 5 years now. Before that I used the original mindstorms kits. I suppliment the class using the cRio and my FIRST test benches. My students work in groups of 3 or 4 and build 4 competition based lego robots a semester and 1 special/advanced project.

One thing that is really nice about the Lego NXT stuff is that you can very quickly prototype a number of different designs. The kids have to do the same problem solving that they would do with any other materials, and the lead in time is kept to a minimum so that you can get to the meat of the course relatively quickly. I am sure the VEX program would also work out for you.

My students also use the BIOLOID by robotis (coupled with the ARBOTIX by vidadium labs) for more advanced python based projects.

I wish you the best of luck with whatever you choose, and hope you find this helpful.

Edoga
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