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Vex Fan Forum Coding multiple sensors (lots of em) Need help!  
17:30 5-Nov-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 708]    By: bloodstar23
Ok so, in my robotics class I've taken a grossly modified square bot (call it tank bot MKIII now, uses tank treads) and hooked up two bumper sensors, two limit switches, and an ultrasonic, as well as ...
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Vex Fan Forum Motors Unresponsive  
14:43 2-Nov-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 545]    By: Dancin' Machine
Hey all, I am working with the Vex kit for the first time in a class of mine, and I'm having a little difficulty with the small sample program I've written. I have tested with printf statements ...
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Vex Fan Forum Why Vex fails its customers and will not be a wider success  
16:46 18-Oct-07   [Replies: 3, Views: 1227]    By: vencetti
I am a fan of Vex. I will admit I am a business person by trade, not a robotics expert. Vex has been out close to two years now. Vex is a great set of components in itself. I am sure I will take a...
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Vex Fan Forum Favourite Candy  
20:37 16-Oct-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 787]    By: basicxman
Please choose your favourite candy. Please dont tell me about other options because this is for fundraising and they only allow these. ...
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Vex Fan Forum VEX with GPS  
17:20 13-Oct-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 973]    By: dasmoenator
Does anyone know how or if it's possible to use GPS to control a VEX bot. I want to hook up my bot to a GPS receiver and then with pre-coded coordinates the robot navigates itself there using ultrason...
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Vex Fan Forum ultrasonic sensor  
09:54 10-Oct-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 849]    By: cheer08
so I'm pretty new with this whole VEX robot thing. my teacher gave me and my partner a challenge to put an ultrasonic sensor on our robot. we saw one way to do it, but it didn't work. if anyone knows ...
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Vex Fan Forum VeXplorer 27 MHz CHANGEABLE?  
11:50 1-Oct-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 810]    By: rtonkel
Has anyone yet put new cyrstals in a VeXplorer so you can have two running at the same time? I tried to put in a 61Mhz left over from a VEX kit but I have yet to get it to respond....
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Vex Fan Forum Quad Quandary  
17:03 23-Sep-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 1361]    By: The_Wizard
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Vex Fan Forum Spanish webcams for adult  
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Vex Fan Forum Question...  
17:40 18-Sep-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 902]    By: Aaron998
Hey everyone, I'm new to VEX programming, but not to programming in general...I'm in High School, and we're doing the vex competition later on, and F.I.R.S.T. Anyways, we have about 3 or 4 groups all ...
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Vex Fan Forum help steering useing servo with a tranny in bot  
21:08 23-Aug-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 762]    By: tymann09
so i built a 2 gear tranny and it will be rear wheel drive, what im trying to figure out is how i can keep it that way and steer it with a servo. i was htinking maybe somethng articulating and if i ha...
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Vex Fan Forum Vex TX/RX Crystals compatible with Futaba FM 75Mhz  
13:39 14-Aug-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 616]    By: LittleScientist
I have successfully tested that FUTABA PPM FM crystal will work with VEX TX/RX. I was hoping to use the TX/RX for a sail boat or other robots using the extra channels. The only thing i wonder if we...
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Vex Fan Forum Vex Kit Motor  
12:57 13-Aug-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 845]    By: nathan
On the Vex site it says "Current Draw (+) Power pin 5mA to about 1 Amp. at stall per Motor." Isn't that an insane difference? How can the motors draw go from .005amps to 1amp? Thanks for ...
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Vex Fan Forum Hello all you happy people  
01:32 4-Aug-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 4]    By: <Missing>
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Vex Fan Forum Help ?  
21:53 30-Jul-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 639]    By: rasengan609
I'm using a servo for steering and cant figure out how to reverse the directions cause right now when i toggle the right stick to the right the wheel turns left and vice versa so is there any humane w...
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Vex Fan Forum has anyone seen my super ex girlfreind?  
14:03 24-Jul-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 1098]    By: VEXfreak
wells there is a scene where it shows a vex transmitter/ robot!...
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Vex Fan Forum new to robotics  
10:09 14-Jul-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 877]    By: lin
hi i am fairly new to robotics. i am a college student and can program in couple langulages including vB and java. i want to get into this robotics hobby and need help getting started. i don't kn...
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Vex Fan Forum hay anyone msn? yahoo etc?  
20:36 9-Jul-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 575]    By: twobit
things seem to move a little slow here for the home hobbist anyone wants to chat abut vex stuff please add me, tjsmith16@hotmail.com [mailto:tjsmith16@hotmail.com]>...
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Vex Fan Forum servo malfunction controller?  
14:24 8-Jul-07   [Replies: 3, Views: 904]    By: twobit
every time i plug in a serv motor specificly to any channel it start twitching and the red light will blink and i lose total control of bot, new battery's, diffrent servos, all have the same effect bu...
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Vex Fan Forum Gears or Chains?  
14:11 29-Jun-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 1023]    By: ponchato
Which do you use more often: Gears or sprockets and chains?...
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Vex Fan Forum Any brick and mortar shops that sell Vex?  
19:18 26-Jun-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 833]    By: ponchato
Just as the title says, are there any non-electronic stores that sell Vex kits? I know Radioshack used to, but Vex Robotics was... sold (?), and now they don't carry any Vex kits....
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Vex Fan Forum Holomonic?  
00:37 20-Jun-07   [Replies: 3, Views: 1198]    By: ponchato
What does "holomonic" mean? I think it has something to do with a robot's movement, but I'm not entirely sure....
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Vex Fan Forum Something Interesting  
21:02 19-Jun-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 718]    By: ctx32
This I thought was a neat Idea, It's kinda long. Bob, Jerry, Lynnelle, Thanks for the inquiries and suggestions! Here are some answers and comments.... The VEX transmitter/receiver is a VER...
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Vex Fan Forum Keps nuts keep coming lose  
20:35 19-Jun-07   [Replies: 4, Views: 1842]    By: ponchato
I use the Keps nuts most often for building, and they always come lose when I'm driving on bumpy/rough terrain. Should I use the nylon nuts instead, or is there a way to keep the Keps nuts tight?...
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Vex Fan Forum remote controled lawn mower  
13:05 14-Jun-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 1038]    By: tymann09
alright, sounds hard but i dont think it has to be that bad. now for starters i tried to find a mechanism to give it more throttle or less throttle. i have a side handle thing. so what i tried to do w...
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