[FTC]: LEGO Mindstorms EV3

[Michael Coleman]

The LEGO Education web site indicates that the EV3 will not be allowed in the 2013-2014 FTC Season.

This web page also states that TETRIX, ROBOTC, and LabVIEW for LEGO MINDSTORMS will support the EV3 in "fall 2013." It is likely that fall 2013 availability for critical components is too close to [or after] the FTC season kickoff in September to be allowed.

[dcribbs]

The official FTC blog just posted about LEGO's new Mindstorms brick EV3.
http://firsttechchallenge.blogspot.c...3-and-ftc.html

The post confirms that the first season for the EV3 will be the 2014-2015 season.

With the EV3 brick having Wi-Fi capability, I wonder if the Samantha module would still be required or optional?

The Samantha module was a big upgrade from the early years of Bluetooth, but if the Wi-Fi enabled EV3 brick offered more consistent and robust communication with the FCS, I would upgrade all of our FTC teams immediately.