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Potentially look into VEX? It's not cheap, but it's good fun.
by DC-3 8y ago
Potentially look into VEX? It's not cheap, but it's good fun.
- baylessj 8y agoVEX has announced a new micro and accompanying electronics - which should hopefully mean that their current Cortex system will become cheaper secondhand. Lots of benefits to the new micro but for hobby use their Cortex is sufficient. Also a lot of good programming options available with this system - the same ROBOTC for C-like programming/graphical as is used with LEGO Mindstorms, but also Python (https://www.robotmesh.com/studio-editions https://www.robotmesh.com/studio-editions) and actual C (https://pros.cs.purdue.edu/ https://pros.cs.purdue.edu/)
- tostitos1979 8y agoLast I looked at Vex, I seem to recall being surprised that the software was not free. Was a non-starter for me as a hobbyist.
- baylessj 8y agoThe RobotMesh python software listed above is free for individual use, and the PROS C/C++ option is completely free and open-source.