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Robotics 101 How Fast?

Submitted by pheagney on 6 June, 2013 - 18:38
Overview: 
The goal of this lesson is to apply scientific skills of experimentation, measurement and analysis to a tribot's movement. The relationships between the Move block Power parameter and the robot's travel time and speed are explored.
Objectives: 

Students will be able to:

1. Plot the robot travel time versus power level relationship

2. Predict the distance a robot will travel based on the size of its wheel

3. Calculate how many rotations/degrees are required to travel a given distance

4. Demonstrate actual robot travel distance versus calculated values

Instruction Guide: 
How Fast? [1]
Primary Instructional Material: 
How Fast? [2]
Education Level: 
Middle School [3]
High School [4]
Scope & Sequence: 
Science [5]
Focus Subject: 
Science [6]
HW Platform: 
NXT [7]
SW Platform: 
NXT-G [8]
Interactivity Style: 
Mixed [9]
Clone Of: 
How Fast? [10]



National Science Foundation

Source URL:https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/2533

Links
[1] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/493 [2] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/495 [3] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/taxonomy/term/40 [4] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/taxonomy/term/41 [5] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/taxonomy/term/145 [6] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/focus-area/science [7] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/target-hardwareplatform/nxt [8] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/target-software-platform/nxt-g [9] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/taxonomy/term/26 [10] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/494