VEX EDRV 5 PROGRAMMING AND ROBOT CONSTRUCTION RICK

CLASS OVERVIEW – DAY ONE • Introductions • Installing RM Studio • Review of the VEX EDR platform • VEX EDR Parts • Build Clawbot robot • V 5 Brains, Controllers and Vision Sensor

INSTALLING ROBOT MESH STUDIO (RM STUDIO) • Open www. robotmesh. com/studio in your browser (must use Chrome v 68 on both Mac and Windows) • Either install Chrome, or update to Chrome version 68 • Click on “Install the Robot Mesh Connect plug-in for your browser” • Go back to www. robotmesh. com/studio • Since RM Studio is browser-based, that’s all there is to it

THE VEX EDR CONSTRUCTION PLATFORM • Everything based on ½” spacing • Everything fits with everything else • Only requires two tools (5/64” and 3/32” allen wrenches, or T 25 Torx wrenches) • Hacksaw optional • Reusable, tough and durable

THE VEX EDR CONSTRUCTION PLATFORM C-Channel Plates Angle Gussets Connector s Drive Shafts

PROGRAMMING THE V 5 BRAIN • Robot computer (“V 5 Brain”) uses two Cortex ARM 9 microprocessors, 21 smart ports and 8 3 -wire compatibility ports. • Drivers send commands from robot to Cortex using this joystick • 480 x 240 (user programmable) color LCD touchscreen display (text and graphics) • Replaces the “Cortex” controller

V 5 BRAIN DEFAULT SCREENS Motor Status Panel Device Choice Panel

REMOTE CONTROL • The V 5 Controller acts as a human-interface sensor with analog and digital input • Haptic feedback (vibrates) • LCD screen supports feedback from Brain • Rechargeable batteries built in

SENSORS AND OUTPUTS V 5 Vision Sensor Line Trackers Speaker Module Gyro Limit Switch Potentiometer Bump Sensor Shaft Encoder Light Sensor

BUYING PARTS, GETTING STARTED • Classroom use – the V 5 Classroom Starter Kit: $600 • Classroom use – the V 5 Classroom Super Kit: $1, 200 • For competitions, think about the new V 5 Competition Super Kit: $1, 500 • Top teams spend more like $2, 0002, 500

OTHER COMPONENTS • Wheels (8 kinds) • Screws (hex-head and Torx), nuts • Batteries and washers • Chargers • Gears (regular • V 5 Motors and high-strength • Pneumatic kits and • Sprockets and parts • Tools • Safety glasses chain • Winch kit • Linear slides • Rack-and-pinion gears • System cables • Tank tracks and access • Aluminum parts

STORING YOUR PARTS After 10+ years, coaches are still searching for the perfect solution

THE CURRENT GOLD STANDARD BOX • Husky 22” Connect Cantilever Toolbox - $30 • Why this one? • Strong handle • Stacks well in the back of an SUV • Not so big that you cannot carry it • Essentially kid-proof

A LOT OF LITTLE PARTS Husky 22” parts storage $31 (stacks with tool box) The classic “little plastic bin”: Husky 14 in. Parts Bin Organizer - $5

OTHER PORTABLE STORAGE OPTIONS Lots of teams use other brands and types of solutions. These are popular: • Stanley 3 -in-1 Rolling Workshop - $37 • Stanley 10 -Compartment Professional Deep Organizer $18

MORE STORAGE OPTIONS As many solutions as there are teachers • Racks of bins • Old blueprint, map & type font cabinets • Purpose-built furniture (Diversified Woodcrafts Robotics Cabinet shown, $1, 969) • Wire or wooden racks • Use your mobile solution in the shop

A WORD ON TOOLS • VEX tools are not the best • Consider better-quality wrenches, such as Wiha Tools T 15 Torx $8 T 15 Torx $3 3/32” Hex $4 • Good chrome-vanadium drivers last years, cheap ones last weeks

VEX LOCK COLLARS • Tightened with small #8 set screw • Kids over-tighten them, flattening out the cups that secure the collar • Better set screws at Robot Mesh https: //www. robotmesh. com/stainl ess-steel-set-screw • $4. 99 per 100 • 18 -8 Stainless Steel Cup-Point Set Screw, 8 -32 Thread, 3/16" Long

BUILDING THE (MODIFIED) VEX V 5 CLAWBOT • See instructions for building

BUILDING THE V 5 KIT ROBOT • Click on this link

V 5 B 3. PROGRAMMING BASIC MOVEMENT

V 5 B 4. MOTOR CONCEPTS