build a house
have Lego people
make the robot spin
make a car
make the robot go in circles
have a lot of Lego people
Make the robot go around a table
make the robot light up
make the robot have a strobe light
make the robot go fast
make the robot go slow
make the robot drift around the room
Make a tall building on the robot
have a wall
make different color walls
have a Lego pet
have Lego horse
Make a Lego dog
Make Lego food
make a Lego cake
make a red house
make a blue house
make a yellow and green house
have several people with no legs
have several people with no heads
Are you working by yourself or in a team?
In a team
What materials will you need for your project?
Computer, iRobot, and Legos.
What is your plan to create in this project?
My plan is to create a car out of Legos, and have it do something
What unique qualities will your project have to separate it from other peoples’ projects?
It will be of my own design.
Project Log
Day One: we started building the foundation for the car.
Day Two: we finished the car and started coding it to do something, like go around a table.
Day Three: We worked more on the coding.
Day Four: We made some final touches to the project, then submitted it.
Using iRobot, we created code for the robot, and made a car on top of it. We did this because it was very fun, and we had so much fun building it. It turned out pretty well.
During this process, we learned how much speed you need to make the robot do things around a desk. It took a couple tests, but I managed to find it out. It didn't really take that long.
The 7 standards of the class are Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator. My project ties to Empowered Learner because everything I did, I thought of it myself. I didn't take it from someone else.
A challenge I overcame on this project was speed and where the robot lands. I was able to do it by running lots of tests. I ran about five tests. Also, getting all of the Lego stuff how we wanted it was a challenge too.
Given a chance to do this again, I would change what I built on the robot. The reason why I would change it is because I could have done so much more. I could have used different Legos and different coding.
Hastings High School Career and Technical Education Program offers Agriculture, Business Management, Computer Programming, Construction Trades, Culinary Arts, Digital Multimedia, Engineering Design, Finance, Insurance, Marketing. My project connects to the Engineering Design CTE program at Hastings High School. My project connects to careers in Mechanical Engineering.
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