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AUTOSUB6000
AUTOSUB6000
The Autosub6000 is an Autonomous vehicle. It can be programmed where to go, what to measure and how deep to go under the ocean surface. The vehicle is unmanned so can go places that a human being cannot go.
Fact Finding
Fact Finding
Post some facts about the AUTOSUB6000 in the Google Classroom Post.
Discussion
Discussion
Discussion with your table other autonomous machines that you know of.
Can you find any pictures of those machines? Post the link to your pictures in the Google Classroom Post - Post your Autonomous Images.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Autonomous - having the freedom to act independently
Component - a part or element of a larger whole
Program - a collection of instructions that performs a specific task when executed by a computer
Algorithm - a set of instructions to solve a problem
Debug - to fix a computer coding program
Testing - to try out a computer program
Sprite -a two-dimensional bitmap that is integrated into a larger scene
Demonstration of an Autonomous Vehicle
Demonstration of an Autonomous Vehicle
Watch a demonstration of an Autonomous drone.
The AUTOSUB6000 Game
The AUTOSUB6000 Game
Play the program opposite and try and complete the challenge.
What components do you need to build this program?
To make the mission possible we need to create algorithms for each sprite so they behave in the way we want them to.
Instructions for the AUTOSUB6000
Instructions for the AUTOSUB6000
Open the document in your Google Classroom called 'Instructions Challenge'.
Find a line in the table and use bullet points to write the kind of instructions you would need to guide the AUTOSUB6000 around the ocean floor.
Debug the Code
Debug the Code
What is wrong with the program? When you have to fix a coding program on a computer you call it Debugging the program.
The AUTOSUB6000 Coding Challenge
The AUTOSUB6000 Coding Challenge
Your challenge is to create your own AUTOSUB6000 game.
- Log into Scratch either by clicking the link in Google Classroom, or click the Scratch cat opposite.
- Once you are logged in, the AUTOSUB6000 submarine below to open the template programme.
- Click Remix and give your program an appropriate name.
- Share your program and Hand it into the Google Classroom room assignment 'AUTOSUB6000 Scratch Challenge' by pasting in the link.
Your Program must include the following:
- An appropriate Background image (you could create this in Google Drawing or find one online)
- A moving submarine that collects and photographs the other objects on the screen.
Your Program could have the following:
- Obstacles to avoid.
- A score
- An image of each of the objects once you have collected them
Extension items your program may have:
- When the object is collected a screen with a picture of the object and some information about the object
Lego Wedo 2.0 Challenge
Lego Wedo 2.0 Challenge
Using the Lego Wedo 2.0 build the vehicle pictured to the right.
Challenge 1
Challenge 1
Click the link below to go to the instructions.
Challenge 2
Challenge 2
Using Scratch see if you can get the vehicle to move.
Can you get the vehicle to turn?
Can you get the vehicle to turn when you click the arrow buttons?
Extension Exercises
Extension Exercises
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