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Re: VEX or Gumstix?
You are comparing apples and oranges. For $300 from VEX you get radios, computer, motors, sensors, fasteners, and building materials. For a minimum of $100 from Gumstix, you get a processing board. The 400 MHz Bluetooth computer is $200. A Gumstix processor might be a cool, but it isn't a competitor for VEX any more than a Ford F-350 is a competitor to a Nissan 350.
If you are money-limited, you should probably start with your budget and work backwards from there.
If you have a particular use in mind, you should probably use that to inform your decision making (Gumstix seem to excel at autonomous robotics fish).
If you want to participate in FIRST events, you should probably just go with VEX.
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Exothermic Robotics Club, Venturing Crew 2036
VRC 10A, 10B, 10D, 10Q, 10V, 10X, 10Z, and 575
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