Originally Posted by
heavyaslead
Part of the appeal, which I do agree with, is the learning of programming a robotic device for particular functionality.
This education is quite valuable to the youngster interested in robotics programming.
Compare this to the LEGO EV3 programmable system at roughly 350USD
If only we could program our tanks to be autonomous, responding to fire by sensing direction of fire, targeting and responding in like...
I agree with the programming part, that's a good thing. I think instead of water shooting ability they should have included some sensory input to enable
some grasping or lifting mechanism. Haven't read it can jump but I know this is a capability of some new robots.
Now I can see this sort of thing in a more tank- friendly form being an autonomous adversary on a tank battleground that you could pit your skills against.
Sort of like a independent anti-tank unit.