Students put together a testbed to experiment with servos and motors. They also learn how to download code and use the online window to test individual motors.
Additional Materials: none
Students build and program robots to drive around the classroom. They pick between skid steering, swerve/crab drive, or omni drive and then design an implementation of that type of drive train.
Additional Materials: 1 motor, 4 swerve drive kits, 4 omni wheels
Students build robots to push around stacks of tuna cans. Extra points are awarded to students who can push extra tuna cans, implement two speed transmissions, or make the program autonomous.
Additional Materials: 30 tuna cans, gear kit
Students build and program robots to grab and drag soda cans. Gripper designs that are harder to build are worth more points as is any robot that autonomously finds and collects a soda can.
Additional Materials: 1 soda can, 1 ultrasonic sensor
Students build and program robotic arms capable of lifting soda cans. Multi-stage arms receive more points as do robots that use limit switches to protect the motors, servos, and gears.
Additional Materials: 1 soda can
Students build and program lifts capable of lifting soda cans. Multi-stage lifts are worth more as are robots that can move to set heights with a button press.
Additional Materials: 2 linear slides (2 per pack), 1 optical encoder, 1 potentiometer, 1 soda can
Students build and program robots to collect ping pong balls from the floor. More efficient ball collectors are worth more points.
Additional Materials: 6 ping pong balls
Students build and program pneumatic fork lifts to lift tuna cans. They learn about pneumatic circuits as they build robots capable of moving tuna cans. Autonomous programs earn extra points.
Additional Materials: 1 Pneumatic Kit 1 (Single Acting Cylinders), 2 tuna cans
Students build a robot to collect and deposit ping pong balls in a dishpan. This assignment encourages students to be creative while providing opportunity to incorporate many previously mastered concepts.
Additional Materials: 6 ping pong balls, 1 dishpan