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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Innovation First rolls out ROBOTC programming kit for VEX robots]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</guid><description><![CDATA[this will never overtake Intelitek's EasyC Pro, Can program VEX and FRC bots. I build robots at Intelitek, and my mentor designed EasyC Pro. Woot go Intelitek.<br><br>Intelitek>>>> <a href="http://intelitek.com/" rel="nofollow">http://intelitek.com/</a><br>Easy C Pro>>><a href="http://shop.intelitek.com/catalog/" rel="nofollow">http://shop.intelitek.com/catalog/</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Evan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 15th 2008 9:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Innovation First rolls out ROBOTC programming kit for VEX robots]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</guid><description><![CDATA[Except that ROBOTC is cheaper, and industry standard, and has a built-in realtime debugger, and has free support materials and tutorials, and is INCREDIBLY faster. Seriously... compare the download speeds. Troubleshooting in EasyC is anything but easy. <br><br>By the way... gushing about your mentor/Intelitek/yourself... kinda weird.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jesse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 15th 2008 11:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Innovation First rolls out ROBOTC programming kit for VEX robots]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</guid><description><![CDATA[wow, I remember hearing about this at the 1st pilot competition, in 2005. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 15th 2008 9:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Innovation First rolls out ROBOTC programming kit for VEX robots]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</guid><description><![CDATA[Odd. My team just uses EasyC for the Vex robot, but the programmers are insisting on just regular C for the FRC bot.<br><br>...should be interesting. Vex competition is Saturday.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Phris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 15th 2008 10:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Innovation First rolls out ROBOTC programming kit for VEX robots]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</guid><description><![CDATA[If you go to www.robotc.net, you can see that ROBOTC also works with FRC and VEX.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 15th 2008 11:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Innovation First rolls out ROBOTC programming kit for VEX robots]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</guid><description><![CDATA[I've used this software quite a bit at this point, so I'll happily vouch for it's robustness. Also, ROBOTC knocks the sock off of EasyC: <br><br>"ROBOTC currently supports the VEX Controller, the FIRST Robotics<br>Controller, and Mindstorm's RCX and NXT controllers from LEGO. Carnegie<br>Mellon is currently porting ROBOTC to several other educational robotic<br>controllers."<br><br>Oh. And it's only $30 with free updates. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jesse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 15th 2008 11:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Innovation First rolls out ROBOTC programming kit for VEX robots]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is this the stuff they used to sell at RadioShack?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sitruc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2008 1:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Innovation First rolls out ROBOTC programming kit for VEX robots]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yes.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Belarr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2008 1:56AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Innovation First rolls out ROBOTC programming kit for VEX robots]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</guid><description><![CDATA[No that was easyC looks to be the same hard ware though.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cokebottle tuque]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 18th 2008 9:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Innovation First rolls out ROBOTC programming kit for VEX robots]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</guid><description><![CDATA[Speaking of kits, anyone know CPR?  My heart just stopped beating.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sirocco]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2008 2:23AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Innovation First rolls out ROBOTC programming kit for VEX robots]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Vex programming kit has been out for over two years.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2008 7:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Innovation First rolls out ROBOTC programming kit for VEX robots]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</guid><description><![CDATA[If this is similar to the kit we used last year, then it's crap. You can only move around predefined boxes and not code yourself. It was a pain in the ass to program the autonomous mode!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2008 11:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Innovation First rolls out ROBOTC programming kit for VEX robots]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's different. The crap that you're referring to is EasyC. The ROBOTC programming environment is text based.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2008 1:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Innovation First rolls out ROBOTC programming kit for VEX robots]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah, I think you're talking about EasyC. You can type in real code in ROBOTC. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jake]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2008 1:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Innovation First rolls out ROBOTC programming kit for VEX robots]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hmm...<br><br>I should be able to try this out. We use Easy C in school right now, and thats actually pretty good, but I would have to say this looks promising as well.<br><br>Its pretty cheap, so Im sure the school will pick up at least one license in the coming months.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joshua Walters]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2008 1:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Innovation First rolls out ROBOTC programming kit for VEX robots]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/innovation-first-rolls-out-robotc-programming-kit-for-vex-robots/</guid><description><![CDATA[Just read from ChiefDelphi.com, all US FIRST FRC teams get the FRC ROBOTC program for free...not sure if the VEX connection is the same deal, though.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zero_Armada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 18th 2008 12:22AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
