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Set 9793 ROBOLAB Team Challenge Set Version 2.5 [Serial Transmitter]
Educational and Dacta RCX

LEGO® ROBOLAB Team Challenge Set Version 2.5 [Serial Transmitter]

The ROBOLAB Team Challenge Set Version 2.5 with serial transmitter came out in 2002 for education. It pairs 835 pieces with work on the programmable RCX brick.

Set number
9793
Year
2002
Pieces
835
Minifigures
0
Theme
RCX
Different parts
166
What can I build with it?

Parts list 166

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Description

Robotics in the classroom

This set comes from the education branch and belongs to the Mindstorms world around the RCX. ROBOLAB was the software students used to program their robots, and the team challenge was designed as a task for groups. The serial transmitter in the name points to how programs travelled from the computer to the brick. The 835 pieces form the basis for building models for these tasks. Software packages like this were new at the time and made programming accessible to young learners without typing code, since commands were snapped together as symbols.

Grey, black, yellow, blue

Light grey and black dominate, with yellow and blue as accents. That is the typical look of technical sets full of gears, beams and axles. With 152 different parts the selection is large and allows many constructions, from chassis to grabbing arms. There are no minifigures, because machines and mechanics are the focus rather than play scenes. The colours also help groups sort pieces quickly during a lesson. The interplay of motors and sensors can also be tried out with this stock of parts, without constantly having to improvise a workaround.

Team tasks as a concept

The challenge idea means that several people solve a problem together instead of tinkering alone. A group plans a vehicle or mechanism, builds it and tests the result. The set supplies the pool of parts for that. Anyone who owns or collects it today usually values it as a record of early robotics teaching and for the parts, which can be put to use in technical models of your own. Along the way the participants learn to share tasks, hunt for errors together and refine solutions until the robot runs reliably.

Stock and ideas

The parts list on this page shows all 152 types with colour and quantity. With “What can I build?” you can check which models come out of your stock if you combine the set with other technical parts. The gears, axles and beams suit many vehicles and machines, so the set stays useful even without the software or the original programmable brick. Collectors of Mindstorms material in particular find an addition here that noticeably enlarges and diversifies their supply of building parts.

FAQ

What was the set meant for?
For robotics lessons: groups built and programmed models using the RCX and the ROBOLAB software.
How many pieces and minifigures are there?
It contains 835 pieces in 152 types. No minifigures are included.
Can I use the parts without an RCX?
Yes, the bricks and technical parts also suit vehicles and machines of your own. The parts list shows you the details.

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