Rich, I am glad you liked the easyC demo! Intelitek is really excited about the potential of this software. Being a FIRST mentor for the past 13 years, I have always wanted something like this to reduce the programming learning curve for my students. We have been working closely with IFI, FIRST and Radio Shack in the development of the easyC software. CMU gave us some great feedback on the software while they were creating the programming section of the Inventor's guide, which is included with the easyC software in RadioShack's programming kit. This guide shows the power of easyC and how quickly you can program your Vex robot.
If you think the software is cool, wait till you see the curriculum we are developing called REC (Robotics Engineering Curriculum). It is based on our learning management system called LearnMate which can be delivered over the Internet anytime, anywhere. For more information on easyC or the REC curriculum, please contact us at
info@intelitek.com.
For those of you who do not know who intelitek is, we are the merger of two educational companies - Light Machines Corporation and Eshed Robotec. Both of these companies have been developing educational equipment and software for the past 20 years. Light Machines Corporation is a benchtop CNC manufacturer based in Manchester, NH and is known for its Prolight 1000 milling machine. Eshed Robotec is a robotics company based in Israel and is known for its ER4 robot. The Prolight 1000 Mill and the ER4 robot are both used in PLTW's CIM course and in competitions at Skills USA.