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This item merges the answers given by Kerry Garrison and Robert Munafo.
Subject: 2.1 What can you make with the MindStorms kit?
Content-Language: en
Topic-Level: 0
Originator: Kerry Garrison, 1999-01-02
Revision: Kerry Garrison, 1999-01-02
Revision: Robert Munafo, 1999-07-13
Location: /robotics/rcx/
Comment: Topic-level is inaccurate pending a reference for topic
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<p>You can make a wide variety of robotic inventions with the Basic Kit.
With the standard Mindstorms package, you get two motors, so your choices
are fairly limited to a robot that can manuver and use sensors, or a robot
that sits still and can move pieces around a fixed base. With the
RoboSports expansion kit, you get a third motor which gives you a lot more
potential.</p>
<p>The kit comes with enough parts to build a variety of vehicles roughly
resembling tanks, cars, and other simple wheeled designs. You can
also make things that walk on legs in a simple way, like the old
four-legged wind-up toys. Articulated or non-circular leg motion
probably requires additional parts that aren't in the basic kit. </p>
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