Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #04533
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Jim Cook beamboter@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 18:16:08 PDT
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: BEAM vs. Mindstorms
>Hi! I am interested in getting into Robotics, and have spent several hours
>online looking for info to help me get started. I have narrowed my choices
>down a Lego Mindstorms kit or a BEAM robotics kit from Solarbotics. I have
>soldered about once in my life, and am currently reading a (very good) book
>on electronics that I found recomended on one of the BEAM sites - "Getting
>started in Electronics." I have enough cash to get either,and I am too
>conflicted to decide, so I thought that I'd put the question out to more
>knowledgeble people. So what do you think would be better for a beginning
>roboticist - (a) Minstorms Kit or (b) Solarbotics Sollaroller, or (c)
>solarbotics Photopopper. Thanks for you time, and all the great info!
>
Well BEAM is kinda cool.
I like a lot but as someone who is freshly out of "beginners" shoes and into
my own "novice" shoes. I started in "normal" bots and albe it I don't have
mindstorms I feel that with there reusable platform that LEGO is the way to
go. you can get an under standing of mechanics, electronics and programming
time and time again compared to the BEam Kits one time use. as well as force
use to use your imagination to build your own bot's not something that some
guy dreamed up.
this is just my feeling.
Sincerely,
Jim Cook
beamboter@hotmail.com
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/9874
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