VEX Robotics Expands Into Elementary With Launch Of VEX IQ

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by mman1506

The smart motors are really neat. They have there own MSP430's and a encoder. I am guessing they operate over I2C so I wonder if they will ever make them first legal.

Nothing is impossible--the Vex 393 motor is legal this year--but it would require IFI to make a sizeable donation to get them legal (they offered one and the related speed controller to every team in FRC through a PDV).

In any case, I'm intrigued by the possibilities. I know that software was the thorn in my side as a camp counselor with limited time to run the show using RCX-era Mindstorms robots; the kids used IR remotes a lot of times as a fallback. Having a stout R/C setup built in would certainly have a lot of appeal if the rest of the platform bears out.