Overview:
The goal of this lesson is to explore the use of a gripper arm using a third motor on an NXT robot. Students will work through the "Arm Control" video lesson from "Advanced" page in the "NXT Video Trainer 2.0" product from Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Academy.
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Build a gripper attchment using a third NXT motor
2. Control a gripper attachment using the Motor Block
3. Write an NXT-G program for a robot to aquire objects with a gripper attachment
Instruction Guide:
Arm Control [1]
Primary Instructional Material:
Arm Control [2]
Differentiated Instruction Material: Extended:
Education Level:
Middle School [4]
High School [5]
Scope & Sequence:
Robotics [6]
Focus Subject:
HW Platform:
NXT [9]
SW Platform:
NXT-G [10]
Interactivity Style:
Mixed [11]
Clone Of:
"Arm Control" [12]
