Have the students make a sample program as a class where one student is the robot with their left leg acting as motor A and their right leg acting as motor B. You can print off ROBOLAB icons and put them on the board as they make the program.
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NXT motors are very easy to use, because of their built-in encoders. But, sometimes kids want to understand, or the teacher desires to explain how to collect information from a rotating axle. (The sensor has got its name because it is made of a light sensor and a sheet of paper only.)

Today you won't have troubles to buy an electronic compass from the shelf. But, sometimes you want to understand - or as a teacher - to explain how the compass direction can be turned into digital information. This sensor got its name, because it is made of a few LEGO pieces, the RCX, a magnet, a li...

Acceleration is a physical concept that is difficult to understand, although you can feel
it when driving on a roller coaster. This sensor might help kids to realize how
acceleration can be quantified. It got its name, because it is made of a few LEGO pieces,
the RCX, and some n...

I am trying to create a wireless remote control program for the RCX. I reckon I'm almost there, with a relatively efficient program (has to be, for wireless download!). However, whenever I try to send it to the robot, it comes up with a window saying:
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PROGRAMMING ERROR: You can only ...

When trying to install robolab 2.5.2 on a Macbook os x version 10.5 i get the following error

This installation requires a system folder on the destination drive. The installation has been cancelled.
1008:1,-43 file not found.

Can anyone help PLEASE.