Archive 2015

ATTENTION: Skills Challenge moved to November 10th, 2015

South Davie will host North Davie and William Ellis Middle Schools

Cornatzer will host Shady Grove and Cooleemee Elementary Schools

Mocksville will host Pinebrook and William R. Davie Elementary Schools

November 10, 2015 - Skills Challenge!

This challenge is designed to prepare students for the Spring Challenges Coming Soon...

Teams will participate in the following Stations (15 minutes at each station) to complete on-site challenges testing the following skills:

Station 1:

Distance in one shot: (no attachments) Students will need to program the robot to go a certain distance using math to get as close to the distance as possible.

Follow a Maze: Students will be asked to program the robot to navigate a maze using forward and turn move blocks.

Station 2:

Spin: Students will program the robot to go forward, spin (keeping at least one wheel in the circle), and return to start.

Station 3:

Find a Line and Follow a Line: Students will program the robot to drive forward until the robot finds the line, pause (using a wait block to hold for 2 sec), go forward and follow a line to the end.

Station 4:

Bump and Reverse: Students will program the robot one time to drive until it "bumps" a wall, waits for 2 seconds, then moves away from the wall at least 2 rotations.

* Depending on where the bump sensor is located (front or back of the robot) will determine forward or reverse.

Station 5:

Grab (gripper attachment with motor): Students will program the robot to drive up to a ball on a stand, grab the ball and return it to the start and release.

Station 6:

Push (attachment of choice): Students will program the robot to drive up to a number of objects, collect them inside the attachment and push the pieces back to the start.

Station 7:

Find an object (ultrasonic sensor): Students will program the robot to drive up to an object and stop a certain distance away using the ultrasonic sensor.

*Students may use pre-programmed robots to expediate the challenges. For example: Find a line and follow the line pre-programmed to adjust distance when the team gets to the station. If you have any questions about the November 3rd Skills Challenge, please contact John Marshall.