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Originally Posted by Matt Krass
I find it rather vexing that I seem to require flexing to make my Vex kit do anything impressing.
Ok now that I got that out of my system...
I'm loving my new Vex kit, built the SquareBot, tormented my cat, now I'm ready to build something of my own creation...but...
The only structural material left over is a few long strips of metal, and a few long strips of angle beam, and it seems rather difficult to turn that in to all these creations I see online.
So, How flexible is the material? Can I bend it repeatedly without wearing it out too rapidly? What about about cutting it? Does anybody ever use it in it's full length and if not, any recommendations what sizes I should cut it down to?
Should I look in to the extra materials pack? (I heard it's about $70, a little steep for me to just grab..)
In short, just how much can I do to the Vex base kit and can someone show me some examples of reasonably complex robots using nothing but starter kit parts?
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check out
http://www.vexlabs.com/vex-robot-photos.shtml. some of these robots were built with little more than the vex kit. some required an additional motor, gear, or wheel from an accessory pack. i think one used the tank tread kit.
also, i think the twin tweaks column in the july issue of servo magazine features a ball collecting 'bot built using nothing but the base kit. some irreversible modifications to some parts were made.
me, i just got the programming kit and have enjoyed adding various sensors and leds to the square bot.
before i got the programming kit i soldered a resistor to one leg of an led and plugged it into a motor output so its brightness varied with the stick position.