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[Pavan Dave]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

I'm not that surprised. Teams that are still using RCX's have most likely been around for at least 3 years. That experience pays off.

During the regional event I reffed, I only saw one or two RCX's in the morning competition rounds. But during the playoffs in the afternoon, there was a higher percentage of RCX's out there - maybe a third of the teams.

It will be interesting to see what is what at the two "State" tournaments in Michigan the next two weeks.

Personally I like the RCX kit better because for me it is easier to program the sensors, make loops, and build a complex program with multiple sensors. With the NXT I couldn't manage all of that, only being able to use a sensor at a time and not being able to make many statements. Its probably because I'm a "noob" to NXT but many people I have spoken with have agreed that RCX and RoboLab let you do a lot more.

Also on the NXT kits, one of the student mentors figured out how to record your robots moves and store it as a program. I think if teams actually did that it would be a bit "cheap" as you can't do that with the RCX and you don't learn to program really either... [I don't know how to do this so please don't ask ]