VEX IQ Super Kit - Do you want to build a robot?

The Super Kit from VEX Robotics seems like a pretty interesting investment for young, curious minds... So we decided that Taran should take a look at it!

Intro Screen Music Credit:
Title: Laszlo - Supernova

[lostpopcorns]

I'm not a big fan of robots like this but damn, Taran did a fantastic job here. I want him to be in front of the camera more often. The whole video presentation was just superb. The editing, the camera, the sound, the stage for the robot, the script, everything was perfect. Good job.

[djrollin]

Taran needs to be in more vids he's really well spoken and a mix between knowledgeable and quirky egnough to do it anyways

[RatioOfOne]

Best ad for Ting on youtube. I love taran

[Randomguy]

Great video, clear voice, well presented. Keep it up we want more !

[Shezmen]

This dude is good at presenting, nice work man! ;)

[dxbot]

My highschool was a member of the Project Lead The Way curriculum and there was a robotics class in which we did 3 things: Programmed a robot arm that you may find in an assembly line or other industrial situation, program a CNC machine to cut designs into wax blocks (and a wooden block for the final), and program on a VEX Cortex with Robot C. Other than making the CNC mill play a song while it cut, programming on the VEX Cortex was the most fun I had in that class (and the most useful thing I did in that class). Learning Robot C partially on my own was fun. The teacher would tell us how to do certain things and nudge us in the right direction if we were encountering problems with the code, but we learned the rest ourselves. It was a great introduction to programming logic and knowing when to use while, if, and if-else statements. I even got to catch up on my soldering skills in that class as the most common cause for broken motors, other than stripped gears, was disconnected leads. I got to open 'em up and solder them back down when I finished the curriculum for the semester! The only engineering class I had more fun in was a class about digital logic (more soldering and building basic circuits with and, or, not, nand, nor, etc).

[MitchellKerner]

Hey Taran! I love it when you are in front of the camera everything here was perfect and you are a great host! I was also on a VEX Robotics team in highschool and our team actually made it all the way to the state competition.

[martinshoosterman]

Stuff like this makes me excited to have kids one day.

[peterjohnson]

Regarding RobotC: yes, Taran, that's what becoming a programmer is like. You get the development software, you look at some examples, you spend a great deal of time trying to figure out just what the fuck's going on... and after a lot of poking, testing and reading, you'll grow an understanding of the system. Depending on your persistence, becoming productive in a new programming language can take anywhere from a month to a few years. Becoming a master programmer can take anywhere from 20 years to a lifetime of work.
This is true regardless of the language or the specific discipline you're pursuing. Thinking you understand something fully is a clear sign that you still have a lot to learn.

This is coming from someone with 20 years of programming experience, and about 8 years of professional experience. The road ahead is long. Start as soon as you can, kids.

[morgymoodle]

"Targeted to Elementary to middle school students"
Lets let Taran take a look at it.

[TVwazhere]

While I personally never was on a VEX team, I was on the FIRST FRC Robotics Team 20, a high school level robotics competition. That program inspired me to pursue my current career job as a CAD Technician. I now go back and mentor the team who taught me so much. Robots have feelings too!

[TheUncleGoat]

YES TARAN! Let him do more videos in the future, he's the face of this company

[Cool_is_funD]

Former VEX iq competitor here, i can say that the new generation of vex iq software is very good, its very simple to use yet the amount if stuff you can do with it is incredible, 10/10 would recomend

[grantkidd]

God Taran, you are fantastic. Great high quality video, fantastic editing nice amount of personality, you should be in front of the camera more often!

[paulkerrigan]

I had a kit that was basically a set of electrical components with easy wire connectors through a piece of cardboard. The manual had dozens and dozens of cool instructions for projects, and I basically made a burglar alarm to keep my parents out of my room, and an AM radio to transmit orders to my Action Men.

When I got a chemistry set, I almost exclusively used it to combine vinegar and baking soda, which was endlessly fascinating - there were a lot of spots on the ceiling, from where corks had shot out of test tubes and whacked against it.

Twelve year old me would go mad for this.

[dinxsy]

Such professionalism from Tarren on this one, was like listening to a salesman.

[sp]

my highschool worked with Vex EDR. they were a joy to tinker with. at the start of every week we were given problems that we would solve with making a robot. so we had 4 days to build and on the final day a competition to see which robot solved the problem with the most efficiency. got me to love programming and im now in Uni doing Comp sci.

[ZeroDarkDirty]

Taran did an excellent job on this review. 10/10 robotic axles!!!

[usbmediagroup]

Fantastic job Taran. As someone who helps run an FRC team and is familiar with VEX robotics, you did a great job explaining all of the points that I was unsure of when I first heard about the kit.

[sovietdies]

This is what happens when Taran is part of the video, and edits it at the same time.