EV3 vs Vex IQ For Middle School

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Originally Posted by Foster

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.

Watched some kids do this with some FLL challenges the other day. Wasn't too impressed to be honest since they spent more time refining their driving "skills" than actually programming the robot! Ended up taking away the phone they were using for RC. I guess there's a fine balance between fun and learning.