Robotics with GearsBot - Intermediate

Dance Dance Robolution

Pick 3-4 students who know a simple, fun dance move.

Make them:

Then choreograph a dance using the learned dance moves.

We will write the choreography as a program.

If any move repeats, make sure to denote as a x N.

For instance:

Let's go back to the Robot Configurator.

You can start from scratch or load your Robot from the last lesson.

Let's try to add a new motor to our 2-wheel robot. We will use this to make something like a waving hand!

Select the main robot Body, then click on Add:

We will not be using Paintball Launcher, MagnetActuator, or WheelActuator (already have 2!). So that leaves:

Let's pick an ArmActuator:

Play around with the startAngle to get an idea of how this arm moves:

Note the Motor port letter (OutC means port C).

Save the robot, and upload into this simulator.

Try to Wave your Robot's new arm with code like this:

Make a cool DanceBot - use as many motors as you want!

Then save and load into [this simulator] and code a 15 second Dance!

Tip: Use the wheels on the base to move around, and the new arms to make various dance move functions. THen combine them in various choreographies!

When enough robots are done, we can put them into the same Arena for a cool Dance Show!