EV3 vs Vex IQ For Middle School

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Originally Posted by FTC5110

It's an interesting conundrum. Although I totally agree giving kids a joystick gets them hooked pretty quick I'm biased towards initially removing all remote control options and make them learn something about programming! Helps to get rid of that video game mentality. The joystick is what keeps me away from VEX IQ.

Like Siri said, just do autonomous programming.

But you may find that the joystick can help with the auto programming. Lets pick an easy task, move to a block, pick it up lift it, move forward to the next block and put it down. Trying to find the right number of motor turns or sensor info can be done in a trial by error routine. But I've found that it's easier to drive the robot over, pick up the block, lift it and then get a measurement on what the motor/sensor sees. Then plug that value into the routine. Drive once and you are done.

@Karthik: Thanks for the video. I'm good with pushing and pulling pins that are in pieces in my hands, not so much for ones that are deep inside a robot. I use long nose needle nose pliers, but I'm up for something easier.