More robot magic – click here for Arduino Basic Robot
Month: March 2023
3-28-23
Two items today:
1. make some robot plans about weapons, rules and competition.
2. work with a partner to explore using a motor controller with an Arduino and two motors.
Part 1 Robot Planning:
What you will do:
1. work with a partner – or solo – and review the rule & guideline ideas that you shared in class. Click here to see an anonymous version of your ideas.
2. consider which ideas are meaningful and a good fit for our competition.
3. Login to this Padlet (click here) with your school username and password.
4. Add your favorite ideas to the Padlet under the most relevant (fitting) category. Each person (not group) should add at least three ideas to the Padlet.
3-27-23
3-23-23
Hey all… sorry I’m not with you today. A eucalyptus tree fell in my backyard so I had to go home and… you know…look at it (play Home Depot theme music).
Anyhow, a fresh assignment for you: 3d modeling Transportation of the Future. There’s a video description at the top of the assignment. Watch that first.
3-21-23
Hope you had a good three-day weekend.
This is what you need for your home VR setup. For $2,595 that is…
In preparation for your Battlebot work, let’s revisit 3d modeling in Tinkercad. Each robot will include at least one custom 3d printed part so I want to get some practice designs going.
- download this image of the Batman logo
- click here to convert the file.
- point your browser to tinkercad.com
- upload your new Batman logo to tinkercad – I will show you.
- we build your custom keychain
Click here for the 3d printed keychain assignment
You will have time to finish up any Photoshop work.
3-16-23
today’s tech news: Zipline Drone Delivery company releases a new model. Click here for the video.
today’s plan:
- Let’s talk Battlebots.
- Battlebot competition planning- click here for details. Each of you will complete a Google Form about your ideas for your 2023 Battlebot Competition.
- Photoshop assignment – Torn Paper Image
3-14-23
We’ve got a three assignments in the works today.
3-13-23
Hello and welcome. I hope the time change is treating you well.
Today I would like to review some of the tools that we have used to retouch photos. These include:
-clone stamp
-spot healing brush
-healing brush
-adding layers
Your next work is to repair an image in the Damaged Photo Restoration assignment.
3-10-23
Google’s PALM-E robot follows human instructions to perform chores around the house.
More with Google’s Robot here.
Battlebots update:
I have some more components arriving today. My next move is to build and program a working robot. I will share the base code with you.
You will use the starter code and design to build a bluetooth controlled battlebot. Before the design phase starts, we will choose the competition rules as a class.
today:
- finish up your movie poster and turn it in on Canvas as a jpg.
- start our next Photoshop phase – all about retouching. Click here for your next Photoshop assignment.
3-6-23
Let’s talk about movie posters.
What makes a GOOD movie poster?
Name a memorable movie poster – one that you remember MORE for the design than the movie itself.
Click here for your next project – Movie Poster.