20 March 2009

The Sound Sensor


Blog your experience with “Frequency and Amplitude”
Write a full blog entry (on your blog site) describing how you conducted your experiment (upload relevant photos), include step by step instructions so that someone could recreate your experiment in the future. Make sure to include instructions on how to store this data in a manageable form for future use.

Read Building Robots Chapters 9-10 and Make Blog Entry

  1. Read Chapters 9-10: Feedback from the Mindstorms NXT-G Programming Guide book.
  2. Title a post: “Chapter 9&10: Feedback & Wait for it!”
  3. Consider the questions:
  • What is a ‘condition’?
  • What do each of the different sensors do?
  • When might you use each type?
  • Why do you need to use wait blocks?

11 March 2009

Gears - Robotics Team Challenges


Drag Race – Test of Speed
Construct a robot that will be the fastest in a 3 meter race.





Tractor Pull - Test of Strength
Construct a robot that will push/pull the most weight 50 cm in the fastest time.




Use this site to help you l earn about calculating optimal gear ratios: http://www.yoyogames.com/games/show/9962#


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