I would appreciate if there is anyone in the Lilburn, Georgia area to teach my 13 year old son how to use the Robot C program that he is excited to learn. He got his first vex on his 13th B’day, which was several months ago but has not been able to use it since neither I nor anyone we know knows how to use it. We first thought we could learn it ourselves but that has been very difficult so are looking for someone to tutor my son. Needless to say, we will pay the tuition fees.
Please respond if anyone interested.
Thanks
You should try easy C there’s a 7 day trial and its really simple hence the name “easy c”
If you don’t like it or still don’t get get it use the help file or on robot c use the robot c wiki http://www.robotc.net/wiki/Main_Page I learned to make a simple program to drive and strafe in a hour or so
I would not recommend going to EasyC. There’s no programming involved, and it’s much more limited than RobotC. That being said, just look through the example code. You should probably learn basic C syntax too.
I agree with this. I do not recommend learning easyC, but strongly recommend ROBOTC.
easyC will make doing the simple things very easy–for example, joystick control is just one click-drag away. However, it makes doing more advanced things very hard. Clicking/dragging your code and navigating context menus gets very tiring, and is slow to edit. ROBOTC is much faster to edit programs, and is (much) more intuitive to anyone with programming experience. It also helps prepare for other languages in the future.
As to the OP’s question about a tutor: I am not in Georgia, so I can’t help you there. However, I do know there are lots of people (including myself) here on the forums who’d be glad to help out with any questions that arise.
I recommend the videos tutman96 linked to. I also suggest looking at the sample programs (File > Open Sample Programs). Start with the “Basic Movement” ones, and look around for folders in there that seem interesting.
I want to close with a word of encouragement–robotics is a great thing to get started with, especially early (like your son is doing). I was recently in a (college) intro to engineering class that had a semester project–building and programming a robot. The teacher didn’t have time to focus on robots that much; most of the class was about Excel (go figure). Without the prior experience I had with robotics, I would have been totally lost. Robotics may be a little difficult to “start,” but once you pass the first couple of bumps, it’s a really enjoyable ride.
I would love to be of help, as I am in Georgia and not too far away. However, I have a packed schedule coming up with SATs, ACTs, and our own tournament we are hosting next weekend. I am from GSMST and if you are interested in robotics, come by the tournament. I would be happy to talk with you afterwards. Here is the link to our event: http://www.robotevents.com/gsmst-vrc-qualifer.html
learning how everything works by scripting(coding term for copy and pasteing someones code) and trial and error because it will prepare you so much better for coding on your own.
If you have a skype account I am sure a few of us would be happy to walk you through the beginning until it starts to make a little sense over skype calls.](http://www.robotc.net/wiki/VEX2)
There are some fabulous resources on the ROBOTC wiki, but I definitely agree looking through the sample programmes and figuring out which bits make the robot do each thing is even better. Your son may also find my Beginners Guide to ROBOTC useful, here is a link.
Feel free to post any queries he may have here, there are loads of us who would be willing to help.
