The Principles of Engineering courses are starting their units on robotics! We will begin with a series of introductory challenges that will create some opportunities to think about software and hardware integration in the context of machine inputs and outputs.
Autonomous Challenge 01 - "Straight Line" race
- Create an autonomous vehicle with Lego Robotics parts (task) in order so that it will traverse a 3ft straight line course. This activity serves as an intro/familiarization to your Lego Robotics kits (purpose).
- Design, build, document and share your solution.
Autonomous Challenge 02 - "Bent" course race
- Modify your design so that it can navigate a course with a turn in it (see layout at the back of the room). This change is designed to make you implement a solution that requires some sort of sensor input.
- Design, build, document and share your solution.
Share your experience to this point on your online portfolio:
- Intro
- 2-3 sentences summarizing what we're up to.
- Write from the perspective that the reader is not familiar with our course/efforts.
- Challenge Review
- Challenge 1 - straight course
- Photo of course to set context of challenge
- Build photo
- Competition/Action photo
- Describe outcome
- Feedback: describe things to sustain and things to improve
- Challenge 2 - "bent" course
- Photo of course to set context for design change
- Build photo
- Be sure to describe how you addressed the change to the challenge
- Competition/Action photo
- Describe outcome
- Feedback: describe things to sustain and things to improve
