What is the difference between a challenge kit, an FLL kit, and a Mindstorms kit?
The challenge kit changes each year. It contains all the LEGO pieces needed to make the various doodads on the playing field with which your robot interacts. An FLL kit contains the basic LEGO pieces that you need to build your robot. An FLL kit and Mindstorms kit differ in the number and type of parts provided. Notably the Mindstorms kit only has 2 motors, 1 light sensor, and no rotation sensor. An FLL kit has three motors, 2 light sensors, and one rotation sensor. It will be rare that a top competitive team will have limited themselves to the parts in the FLL robot kit. They will have included all the parts from previous year’s challenge kits as well as inventories collected from garage sales and other sources. You can never have enough LEGO!
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