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Challenge 1: Robot must follow maze path to end using dead reckoning.

Configuring Move Block:

• Port
• Direction
• Steering( Note: Needs two motors to work)
• Power
• Duration:
  • Time
  • Rotations= Distance
  • Degrees= Fraction of turn
  • Unlimited- Move have modifier

Intro to Programming:

NASA Interactive Navigation Game

Write detailed description first:

• Go forward 12"
• Turn 90 degrees left
• Go forward 24"
• etc.

Assignment handout

Maze Challenge

Introduction to Sensors (pdf)

Part 2:

Follow new maze using all 4 sensors to navigate:

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Navigation by Dead Reckoning

Lesson Plan: Navigation- John Harrison and the Search for Longitude