Full Speed Ahead

We need to be able to do useful tasks around an interactive environment that includes humans. Your robot needs to be able to move around common types of indoor terrain, such as a hallway, tile or carpeted floor.

This lesson covers the basic programming required to make the robot move forward.

1. Journal - record your reflexions on how you and your partner built your robot.

2. PowerPoint Introduction - journal activity

3. Complete your Taskbot

4. Robotic Engineering - Full Speed Ahead lesson

5. Do not write on the packets provided.

Objectives:

Set up and LEGO MINDSTORMS Edu NXT programming software
Write a program using the NXT programming software
Connect the robot to the computer adn download programs on it
Navigate to and run programs on the NXT
Program the robot to perform multiple actions in the sequence.