[Robotgroup] Starting robotics, but where?

[Leslie Filip]

Hello Mohammad,

I suggest trying to get an adult to take you to one of our weekly  
meetings. Gray has a VEX set, so could tell you a lot about his  
experience with it. I think Denise said she got hold of a Mindstorms  
set, so you could talk to her about that one. Also Vern's son Nick  
(or is it Nic? Hello Vern?) has a Mindstorms set and he is close to  
your age. And Vern himself is somewhat of a Parallax expert. I don't  
know anything about the Arobot, but if it looks limited, then it  
probably is. Myself, I am just a woodworker and don't know snot about  
nothin'.

Les


On 13 Nov 2006, at 10:54 PM, Mohammad El-Abid wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
>
> I'm thirteen and I've recently have thought about doing robots, I  
> do have  a
> background in programming, but not in mechanical and electrical.  
> I've looked
> at a couple of kits and listed my reasons.
>
>
>
> 1: VEX, cheap , not really building
>
> 2: Arobot seems cool ( http://www.robotics.com/arobot ) , limited  
> building
>
> 3: Lego MINDstorms, seems alright but not really programming or  
> building
>
> 4: http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=27311, cheap, but  
> perhaps a
> bit advance?
>
>
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Mohammad
>
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