I am brand new to Robotics. I was cleaning out cabinets in a classroom and came across a clawbot kit that appears to be intact. We haven’t had a robotics club for years and there is very little documentation on site. In poking around I found all of the following software: VEXcodeEXP ROBOTC for VEX…

Take a picture of the clawbot - it may be a legacy kit with Cortex brain.

[image] mrrlg421: VEXcodeEXP would be for programming an EXP system. [image] mrrlg421: ROBOTC for VEX Robotics 4.x Madcap HelpViewer VEXos Utility Graphical ROBOTC for VEX Robotics VEXnet Key 2.0 updater Are all related to the older cortex 2.0 based system.

I posted a picture, is this the legacy product that is no longer supported?

[image] mrrlg421: I posted a picture, is this the legacy product that is no longer supported? it is the legacy product - the new system is V5… If you have batteries that still work, you can probably get it to run. As support, there are some around who can help answer questions.

Looks pretty old to me, if this is supposed to be the brain the ones nowadays look like this. [1566227386802-vex-brain]

To give some context. The control hardware you show is the cortex that was introduced around 2010. The last year that was legal for competition use was the 2020-2021 season. It still has some value in the classroom but is not actively supported anymore. RobotC was last updated in 2017 and will n…

Thanks for all the responses. I was able to locate batteries for the device and the controller. When I connect the controller to my pc with the USB cable I get a steadily blinking robot led and a rapidly blinking game led. In VEXcodeEXP under sample projects I can open the Clawbot Controller with E…

VEXcode EXP is for programming an EXP brain, you have an older cortex brain. You need to use RobotC. Some of the advise in this topic may be of interest [image] Legacy EDR for Beginners Programming Support I’m new to the VEX world. I’m also new to the FIRST FTC world. …

Brand new to Robotics

VEX V5 General Discussion

jpearman December 29, 2024, 5:10pm 10

VEXcode EXP is for programming an EXP brain, you have an older cortex brain. You need to use RobotC.

Some of the advise in this topic may be of interest