Free kick competition!

For the next few weeks in class you will be designing an arm for your robot that’s going to be its leg!(ha ha)

First:
You’re going to attach a third motor to your robot using the following instructions:
horizontal motor example
Horizontal motor parts view

Write out your parts list that you need in order to get the cabinet pass and build the motor.


Second:

This will only attach the motor it will not build your kicker leg. That design is up to your team. You and your partner need to sketch out your idea for how you will make a kicker leg and then list out the parts that you want to use. See my example for what your schematic should look like.

Once you have your schematic and parts list you can go to the cabinet and get the parts you need to build Your arm/leg.

Third:

There will be two colored balls on the playing field. Your robot needs to determine which way to kick the ball based on the color the ball is. You will need to use a sensor to accomplish this. You only need to use one. You can use more if you like. You and your partner need to figure out how to code the robot to choose which way to hit the ball.

On your planning guide draw out what you think the program will look like or explain it in words if you don’t want to draw the blocks. Once you have shown your planning guide with the drawn out or written out program to your teacher you will get your computer to program.


The team with the most balls kicked correctly will win a prize!

First sensor challenge

for your first sensor challenge you need to make 3 different programs that use sensors.  You can do these in any order.

the first challenge Smart Door Robot - Touch Sensor:
- make the robot drive forward into the wall
- stop when it touches the wall
- wait until the wall is removed
- once the wall is removed, move forward one rotation.

The second challenge Maze navigator - Ultrasonic sensor (tutorials, basics, stop at object)
Get through the maze using the ultrasonic sensor to tell the robot when to stop.

The third challenge Self driving car - Light sensor
Drive to the crosswalk and stop when it detects the black line (tutorials, basics, stop at line)

wait 5 seconds for the people in the crosswalk
drive forward to the black line
follow the black line to the end and stop. (Tutorials- beyond basics, switch)

To go to a challenge board you need the board pass.  you get to run 3 times before you have to return to your seat!

What is a computer

We need a common definition for what a computer is, in order too understand how they work.

 Please watch the video below and fill in your notes on what makes a computer, a computer.

99 problems...but the process ain't one!

Today in class you are learning about the problem solving process - the steps we use to solve a problem.

Watch the video below to learn more:



Exit ticket link - click here when you are ready to take the exit ticket to show your mastery of the problem solving process!