VEX IQ Curriculum Your First Robot Lesson 03

Project Overview § § § Its Your Future Let’s Get Started Your First Robot Simple Machines & Motion Chain Reaction Challenge Key Concepts Mechanisms Highrise Challenge Smart Machines Chain Reaction Programming Challenge Smarter Machines Highrise Programming Challenge

YOUR FIRST ROBOT The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to a completely documented robot build, following the VEX IQ Clawbot step-by-step instructions. Build and Test Clawbot IQ There’s nothing quite like building your first robot. Clawbot IQ enables even the complete novice to build and test a fully functional teleoperated robot! Today you are going to use the easy to follow instructions found on pages 10 -66 of the VEX IQ Starter Kit with Controller User Guide.

LESSON 03 STARTER Prints out for the lesson Matching Exercise Student hand-out Teacher US guide sheet User Guide Idea Book Pages 1, 2, 3

LESSON 03

LESSON 03 STARTER Learning objective: Learn about and utilise the design process. Be able to follow instructions to build a functional VEX IQ robot. Be able to troubleshoot and solve problems to improve design. Unit Idea Book Pages: Learning Design Process Engineering was defined in the It’s Your Future lesson as using practical & scientific knowledge learned that engineers often use an engineering notebook to help them think about and solve to create solutions for identified problems. In that lesson we also problem What does an engineer write and draw in that notebook if questions and instructions aren’ already on the page, like are in some of your Idea Book pages? Well, engineers use a design process that is a series of steps that can be followed to help solve a problem and design a solution for something. This is similar to the “Scientific Method” that is taught to young scientists. There is no single universally accepted design process. Most engineers have their own twist for how the process works. The process is a cycle that generally starts with a problem and ends with a solution, but steps can vary.

THE DESIGN PROCESS Simplified, the design process can be seen as a three-step loop: Step 1: Think about a problem or generate an idea and write it down and/or draw it. Sometimes the problem or idea is given to you and sometimes you come up with the problem or idea on your own. Step 2: This is where you take action and you “do” something to solve the problem or try to prove your idea. In our lessons, this is where you will build your potential solution. Step 3: Test what you did in Step 2.

THE DESIGN PROCESS Task 1: Think, Do, Review. The ‘Your First Robot’ lesson comes with Idea Book pages that help guide you through your first robot build and help you to learn about design process. Your task is to build a robot in teams. First of all, organise: - your space - your kit - your tools - your workbook - have a pen handy - organise your team (who does what? )

THE DESIGN PROCESS Task 2: The build Build Options Option 1: Follow the assembly instructions to complete and test the robot base only. This gives you a fully functional drivetrain that can be operated and added to with your own creativity. Also note that this robot base will be the basis for other lessons as well, so your work will be used! Option 2: Follow the assembly instructions to complete and test the robot base then continue using the assembly instructions to build and complete the claw, tower, and ball holder. Suggested test objects to use for full Clawbot testing are tennis balls, VEX IQ Challenge Mini Bucky. Balls, or similar round objects.

THE DESIGN PROCESS Task 3: Evaluating Your Build Fill in the Assessment and comments blocks in the robot build assessment table. Your teacher will take you through the worksheet in order, top to bottom. Think about how well your robot works and how well you all worked as a team! Build Rubric No matter which of the two options above you and your teachers choose, the Build Rubric can be used to assess your build and even serve as a troubleshooting guide as you move through the process, preparing you for the open ended challenges in later units when you make the design decisions!

LESSON 03 PLANERY As a class, let us consider the following questions? A. Can you name the 3 steps in the design process? B. How did you test your robot? C. Did you have to make any changes to its design? why? D. What problems did you have working as a team and how did you overcome them?

SUMMARY Learning objective: Learn about and utilise the design process. Be able to follow instructions to build a functional VEX IQ robot. Be able to troubleshoot and solve problems to improve design. Today you have: § Learnt about and utilized the design process. § Been able to follow instructions to build a functional VEX IQ robot. § Been able to troubleshoot and solve problems to improve design.