Weston Middle School
Technology/EngineeringCourse Materials
Challenge:
Build a robot which will push your opponent out of the ring( or otherwise destroy him).
Your robot must stay inside the ring by itself, using its own sensors.
Your robot should have a weapon which is activated by the opposing robot.
It should have multiple behaviors- i.e. search and destroy, play dead, spin around, etc.
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To use the light sensor, you need to first determine a threshold level( trip point) midway between the dark level and light level, using the View function.
Introduction to Sensors (pdf)
When you begin program:
- Write Title of Program
- Your names
- Ports
- Measure dark and light levels using View Function
- Range:
- dark= 25-33 (example)
- light= 48-53
• Story
• then place Icons
Challenges:
Part 1:
- Go to white line and stop, using light sensor.
Part 2:
- Go to white line
- Back up 12"
- Turn robot around
- repeat
Part 3:
- Add a second or third parallel Loop
- One loop should make your third motor ( weapon) turn forward 3 rotations, then backwards 3 rotations
Part 4:
- Add multiple behaviors to main sequence-i.e., do search for 10 seconds, then play possum, then spin round for 5 seconds, then search again.
Other parallel loop could
repeat sounds or display messages
Part 5: The Switch
Weapon should only go when opponent close
Finish building attachments
- What are some ideas you have for attachments?
- How could you modify the program for a better attack strategy?
- Play dead
- if opponent close, repeatedly ram
- Hammer
- Flipper ( worm gear)
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