You're entirely wrong. I'm not entirely sure, but it seems that VEX kits have the same processor as the FIRST Robotics controllers used in the full scale competition. Teams use a variety of analog and digital sensors, and a lot of math to compute their location, orientation, and position movable parts on the robot. They then use this information to perform a 15 second autonomous mode, achieving specific goals for that mode. There is a limit to how much the processor can handle though, and teams use an additional processor to handle the more complex sensors along with their simpler ones. Of course, such big boy items are only useful in the main FIRST Robotics Competition.
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I'm sure it's possible, if someone bothers hacking out the appropriate DLLs. I don't really see the reason to do so, though.
You're entirely wrong. I'm not entirely sure, but it seems that VEX kits have the same processor as the FIRST Robotics controllers used in the full scale competition.
Teams use a variety of analog and digital sensors, and a lot of math to compute their location, orientation, and position movable parts on the robot. They then use this information to perform a 15 second autonomous mode, achieving specific goals for that mode.
There is a limit to how much the processor can handle though, and teams use an additional processor to handle the more complex sensors along with their simpler ones.
Of course, such big boy items are only useful in the main FIRST Robotics Competition.