Robot Design:
Discuss with your team what your goals are for your robot. Review the Pros and Cons of the 6 robots below or look for another robot design online.
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Spike Prime Robot Designs:
The Spike Prime is the newer version of Lego Robotics. It has some cool built in sensors and smooth wheels but a limited LED screen on top.
Advanced Drive Base
Advanced Drive Base
Advanced design on Lego Education Pros: Modular build, Axle support for wheels, 2 Arm Motors, 2 Light Sensors.
Cons: Larger size, Hard to adjust arm motors, One Arm on back.
Droid Bot M
Droid Bot M
Custom design from FLL Tutorials Pros: Dual motors for 2 attachments, Quick attachment changes, very small.
Cons: No axle support, Custom building for attachments.
Droid Bot E
Droid Bot E
Custom design from Prime Lessons Pros: Dual motors for 2 attachments, Quick attachment changes, Axle Support.
Cons: Larger Size, Custom building for attachments. (Sample)
EV3 Robot Design:
The EV3 robot is the older system but has a few better features. It has room for more sensors and motors and has a more detailed LCD screen with more information. It also has more buttons which can help to run multiple programs more easily.
Basic EV3 Design
Basic EV3 Design
Simple design from instruction book.
Pros: Small size, Quick Build
Cons: Only one arm, Difficult attachment changes, No axle support for wheels.
COR3 Design
COR3 Design
Advanced design from EV3lessons
Pros: Small size, Quick build, Axle support for wheels
Cons: Only one arm, More complex attachments.
Custom EV3 Design
Custom EV3 Design
Custom design from House of Robots
Pros: Dual motors for 2 attachments, Quick attachment changes, Axle support.
Cons: Larger size, Custom building for attachments...
We can use the buttons on the Brain to run individual missions. This will help to reduce the number of missions we have to search through on the brain.
On the EV3 robots we can run 4 missions using the Left, Right, Up and Down buttons.
EV3 Gyro Driving:
Check out this great tutorial on how to drive straight with the Gyro Sensor!
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