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Starting robotics with a pair of sumobots, Bad Idea?

AirborneAirborne Posts: 2
edited 2007-05-20 01:46 in Robotics
Hi,

I just purchased a pair of sumobots. Couldn't pass up a half-price sale on ebay. yeah.gif

Now that the purchase is complete, I'm wondering what I've gotten myself into. Have I set myself up for frustration and failure, or can a person learn sumobots from the ground up, babysteps? My friend has the boe-bot manual, I could follow the lessons in that book, if it would be compatible with the sumobot.

Thanks for any helpful replies,

Steve

Comments

  • UncandayUncanday Posts: 28
    edited 2007-05-19 00:29
    well, I hope it's a good way to go [noparse];)[/noparse]

    I (or more correctly, my son and I) are about one week ahead of you. Going ok so far...

    Good luck, and let us know how you get on

    Regards
    Duncan
  • science_geekscience_geek Posts: 247
    edited 2007-05-19 04:28
    ive got about 6 monyhs and i use my boe for every project i work ondevil.gif
  • Andy Lindsay (Parallax)Andy Lindsay (Parallax) Posts: 1,919
    edited 2007-05-19 23:00
    Applied Robotics with the SumoBot and IR Remote with the Boe-Bot are both written for folks who have just finished Robotics with the Boe-Bot. If you are getting started with the SumoBot competition kit, my best recommendation would be to complete Robotics with the Boe-Bot after folliwng the instructions through building and testing the SumoBots. The only prerequisite in that case is that you will have to know how to build circuits from schematics. If you instead have a Boe-Bot robot, the schematics are also drawn as wiring diagrams.

    Keep in mind that you can download all the PDFs. Here is the recommended order:

    1) SumoBot manual through setup and testing of the SumoBot

    2) Robotics with the Boe-Bot

    (optional) IR Remote with the Boe-Bot

    3) Applied Robotics with the SumoBot

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    Andy Lindsay

    Education Department
    Parallax, Inc.
  • AirborneAirborne Posts: 2
    edited 2007-05-20 01:46
    Thank you very much for the reply Andy,

    I was just at the Parallax web site and found the online manuals for the boe-bot and sumobot.

    This is just the kind of direction I was looking for. It would seem that the boe-bot and sumobot have the same brains and the boe-bot lessons will be a fine learning tool. I was concerned that the sumobot was a somewhat more complicated beast, and that advanced skills and experience would be a prerequisite.

    Hopefully a week from now I will be able to start playing. hop.gif

    Thanks again, Steve
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