We also talked through the design process for our bot designs this year--what do they have to do? How do we know if we succeed? How do we score points in the game? All of these affect design. Now teams will have to work together to design their bots--they can't attempt a build until they have an agreed upon design on paper. We taught students the design process to help them evaluate their progress as we go, from defining the problem they are solving to evaluating how successful it was. I can't wait to see what they come up with, because right now their bots look like this:
We are redoing our VV Robotics Club Tshirt logo this year. The kids voted on designs and colors, and a local company put together some ideas.Kids figured out sizes and are pumped about getting them to wear at school and competitions. It will look something like this:
This week saw more work on their clawbot chassis, and you can see both teams were successful in completing one! Notice the different choices in wheels--one team chose to use their omnidirectional wheels to see what they would do. Can you spot them? Sent home a form for possible dates to meet over break. Also sent home a Remind101 direction sheet for students/parents.
Kids worked hard today. We explored the VEX Robotics kits, talked about parts vocabulary, and spent some time building things that were not robots. The rest of the time both teams got started building a clawbot chassis so we will have something to test sensors and other moving parts with in the coming weeks. A schedule of team practices is attached.
We are pumped to have both a boys and girls robotics team at Valley View this year! Both teams met today and we got straight to work...with a snack. :) Teams discussed behavior, goals, and how our meetings would run. We spent some time looking at our competition VEX Robotics kits. Some of the parents even helped us out unpackaging and unwrapping parts--there are a lot of little plastic bags here! The competition is not until February, but the clock is already ticking... |
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