Robotics+Exploratory

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1) Find a partner to team up with. These partners can change if you wish at a later date. 2) Get a Lego Mindstorm NXT kit from cabinet 30. Tape an index card with your names on it to the # side of the kit. 3) Sort through and organize a Mindstorm NXT kit with your partner. Use the "parts map" to know what goes where. Make sure you have the exact # and types of parts in the bottom and top trays. **You MUST keep these parts organized throughout the course!** 4) Missing/extra parts can be found in basket along the window counter. 5) Build the "Base Chasis" from pp. 8-22 of the manual in your kit. Do not proceed to p. 23. 6) Download the Lego Software from my Inbox 7) Watch this video: Lego Mindstorms NXT: A Brief Introduction and Tutorial, Part 2

8) Complete these challenges and show a coach: -drive forward, stop for 7 seconds, reverse back to the start  -drive in a circle  -drive a 1 square meter w/ 90 degree angle turns  -drive S-Turns through a course of 4 cones that are equally spaced apart

9) What Next? Options: -get other chasis design ideas from nxtprograms.com  -engineer a design and create a program the "rescues" your Lego man from behind an obstacle and brings him back to where you started  -create 4 separate sensor programs using the spiral guide pp23-30  -custom build anything you can!  -attempt Lego League Missions or create your own challenges and compete with your friends!  -Have a coach present a challenge for you.