Robotics 4 is a week long camp where we learn to use two Edison robots together and connect them with Lego compatible bricks and gears. Today we worked through how to program Edison to respond to a remote control and then built the EdTank.
Here is a quick build of the EdTank and a few short videos of our group playing with it at the end.
The pieces are more difficult to use than Lego brand pieces so there were definitely frustrating moments today. I was impressed with how students worked through challenges and helped each other.
When students finished the build they were able to play with the EdTank and the remote control. Then they were issued a programming challenge. Their EdTank is a fire engine and the rubber band it shoots is a water bomb to put out a fire. We drew a "Base Camp" and used EdBlocks to try and write a program where Edison could drive to the fire, shoot the water bomb, and then drive back to camp. Have your student try this at home. Draw the "map" on a large piece of paper or cardboard and work through the EdBlocks code to find a solution. It will take two different programs for the two robots to talk together and work in unison. If your child creates a solution please share it with me! I'd love to see pictures and/or video!
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