LEGO Robot Cup Wars!
HCC College for Kids - Rising 6th, 7th and 8th Grade - Students work with individual kits in partner groups.
Compete with your teammates and other classes in solving problems using LEGO’s newest robotic platform. Bring it as you face off and show why your robot is better, faster, smarter, and stronger. LEGO Evolution class recommended before attending.
Compete with your teammates and other classes in solving problems using LEGO’s newest robotic platform. Bring it as you face off and show why your robot is better, faster, smarter, and stronger. LEGO Evolution class recommended before attending.
Monday - "Movement Matters, Robot Introduction"
Objective: Students will use the basic programming functions to program a robot to perform actions.
Morning:
Introduce Mindstorms EV3 LabView program
Introduce EV3 Control Box and commands
Show LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Educator "Robot Educator --> Building Instructions"
Explore the "Hardware"
Get to know each of the sensors
Time to build with the "Building Instructions"
Build Base Unit
Build Medium Motor Driving Base
Build Cuboid
Morning:
Introduce Mindstorms EV3 LabView program
Introduce EV3 Control Box and commands
Show LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Educator "Robot Educator --> Building Instructions"
Explore the "Hardware"
Get to know each of the sensors
Time to build with the "Building Instructions"
Build Base Unit
Build Medium Motor Driving Base
Build Cuboid
Objective: Students will program a robot to use two or more sensors to interact with its environment.
Focus Question: How can you use sensors to make your robot interact with its environment?
Focus Question: How can you use sensors to make your robot interact with its environment?
Learning the "Basics"
Basic Movements
"Robot Educator" --> Basics
Basic Movements
"Robot Educator" --> Basics
Learning "Beyond Basics"
Challenge yourself!
Can you pick up, transport and/or drop the cube from one place to another?
How do these tools work? How can you use these programming tools with your robot?
Can you pick up, transport and/or drop the cube from one place to another?
How do these tools work? How can you use these programming tools with your robot?
Tuesday - "Field Navigation"
Objective: Today students will use the sensors on their robots to complete a series of challenges to navigate their home base and the playing field.
Challenges
Design and program a robot that will meet these challenges.
1. Drive the perimeter of the playing field.
How many rotations or seconds long and wide is the playing field?
2. Drive to the center of the playing field, turn 90 degrees and drive to the boundary of the playing field. (Don't leave the paying field!)
3. Start at home base. Get a cup and drive it back to your base.
4. Design and program a robot that will "scoop" a cup.
5. Design and program a robot that will "grab" a cup.
6. Design and program a robot that will "hook" a cup.
7. Design and program a robot that will "scoop a cup to another base.
8. Design and program a robot that will "grab" a cup and take it to anther base.
9. Design and program a robot that will "hook" a cup and drop it at another base.
10. Design and program a robot that will "scoop", "grab", and/or "scoop" a cup, take it to another base, drop it, and then return to your home base.
11. Design and program a robot that will throw obstacles into the playing field that other robots must dodge.
Design and program a robot that will meet these challenges.
1. Drive the perimeter of the playing field.
How many rotations or seconds long and wide is the playing field?
2. Drive to the center of the playing field, turn 90 degrees and drive to the boundary of the playing field. (Don't leave the paying field!)
3. Start at home base. Get a cup and drive it back to your base.
4. Design and program a robot that will "scoop" a cup.
5. Design and program a robot that will "grab" a cup.
6. Design and program a robot that will "hook" a cup.
7. Design and program a robot that will "scoop a cup to another base.
8. Design and program a robot that will "grab" a cup and take it to anther base.
9. Design and program a robot that will "hook" a cup and drop it at another base.
10. Design and program a robot that will "scoop", "grab", and/or "scoop" a cup, take it to another base, drop it, and then return to your home base.
11. Design and program a robot that will throw obstacles into the playing field that other robots must dodge.
Wednesday - "Capture the Flag"
Objective: Today students will engineer, program and test a robot to play "Capture the Flag"
Challenge:
Brainstorm, research, design and engineer a robot that will "steal" a cup from an opponent's base and return it to their side of the playing field.
Brainstorm, research, design and engineer a robot that will "steal" a cup from an opponent's base and return it to their side of the playing field.
Thursday and Friday- "EV3 Challenges"
Objective: Today students will apply their skills of programming to create, change and modify a written program to perform certain actions and reactions in its environment.
Focus Question: How are you incorporating learned concepts into a bot you have created?
Focus Question: How are you incorporating learned concepts into a bot you have created?
"Game Design Challenge" |
"Trash Truck Challenge" |
Challenge:
Design and build a robot that will battle other robots. Your robot can scoop, grab, hook in any way. - Who can get the other team cup back to your base first? - Who can push each other out of the ring first? - Who can be the first one to flip over another robot? Be ready to show off your biggest and baddest, most intimidating creation! |
Lego Trash Truck Challenge -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXNOFwHlkzY |
"Mower Challenge"Lego Mower Challenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xu3__VtG8w |
"Search and Rescue Challenge"Lego Search and Rescue Challenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnEENHRn8NM |
"Ultrasonic Maze Challenge" |
"Other Challenges to Explore" |
Lego UltraSonic Challenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uE-rg_de5Q |
Other Lego Challenges
https://mindstorms.dreschallenges.com/challenges/ |
"Large Build Robots" |
"Old NXT Models to modify" |
Click here for Models
https://education.lego.com/en-us/support/mindstorms-ev3/building-instructions Click here for Programs https://education.lego.com/en-us/support/mindstorms-ev3/program-descriptions |