Author: rmilstead

Continue your work on Robot or Scratch.

Scratch programmers – here is your new assignment: Scratch Pen Graphics

Team Robot:
Here is the link to your Useful/Less Robot assignment

Team Scratch:
Check Canvas for “Scratch Particle – edge to mouse”
Nolan and I will be add more learning and tasks for today’s class.

1. everyone: choose your whether you wish to focus on Arduino/Robots or Scratch programming. 

Team Robot:
1. click here to learn about your next assignment. 
2. click here to tell me about your plans for this assignment. 
3. begin work by building the robot and starting the code.

Team Scratch:
1. Nolan demos mouse trail particles in Scratch – sample here.
2. Follow this tutorial: How To Make A Particle in Scratch.
3. Create your own Scratch program with custom particles.

Let’s talk about options for the rest of the year.

Take this short survey and let me know what you are interested in for the remainder of the year.
-programming robots
-building robots
-Scratch programming
-Python programming

Welcome back!  Did you witness the eclipse?

Today we will return to our Drawing Robots.

Let’s make a robot that draws: Drawbot v1.

Finished?  Then work in Drawbot V2.

That’s an interesting date.

Let’s make a robot that draws: Drawbot v1.

Finished?  Then work in Drawbot V2.

Based on the 15 votes that were submitted, the delivery robot wins as one of our projects after Spring Break.
today:
Sadly, the supplies that we need for our next project didn’t arrive in time.  So we will create Drawbot v1 on Thursday.

You can finish up Joystick LED. Then, live out your dreams of ACTUAL FREE TIME.

Happy April Fools!

today – while I am gone, please complete the following:

1. color sensor project choice: after break we will be working with color sensors and Arduinos.  Vote for your choice by clicking here. 
   >you will need to login to vote
   >you only get to vote one time
2. Then you get to fix this broken Arduino program.  Click Fix This Arduino Program for details.

Today:
1. finish up and demo your Ultrasonic Robot

2. after I have checked off your robot, you may take apart your robot and return all the parts to the proper bin.  The cardboard will go into the recycle bin near the front door.

We will return to driving robots with a fresh design later in the year.

3. Begin exploring the use of a joystick controller and Arduino

Start with Joystick Intro.  

And then LED Joystick Control

Followed by Joystick and Servo Control

Today:

Our focus is on getting ALL the robots running.
-avoiding obstacles
-displaying data on the LCD
Resources: Ultrasonic Warning Sensor

Then we will setup a circuit together that uses a potentiometer.  Follow this link.