Lesson: "Line Following"

Submitted by Randy Steele on 18 July, 2011 - 12:41
Overview: 
The goal of this lesson is to introduce and explore the concept of Line Following using the "Line Following" video lesson from the "NXT Video Trainer 2.0" product from Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Academy.
Objectives: 

Students will be able to:

1. Write an NXT-G program for a robot to follow a line

2. Optimize the line following behavior of a robot for a given set of conditions

3. Explain the tradeoffs in Line Follower optimization

Instruction Guide: 
Line Following
Primary Instructional Material: 
Line Following
Differentiated Instruction Material: Alternative: 
Around the Edge
Differentiated Instruction Material: Extended: 
Line Following_Fuzzy Logic Line Follower
Formative Assessment: 
Line Following_Starter
Summative Assessment: 
Line Following_Task Sheet
Line Following_Slalom Challenge
Line Following_Obstacle Course Challenge
Line Following_Buried Treasure 3 Challenge
Line Following_Unit_Level
Additional Assessment: Extended: 
Extreme Line Following Challenge
Education Level: 
Middle School
High School
Scope & Sequence: 
Robotics
Focus Subject: 
Computing / Computer Science
Robotics Hardware
Robotics Software
HW Platform: 
NXT
SW Platform: 
NXT-G
Interactivity Style: 
Mixed