Saturday, September 22, 2012
Fremont County Robotics Workshop
10-10:15 am Registration
10:15- 11:10 a..m Belonging
Getting to Know You Activities
As they arrive Pencil and Paper Activity….Find Your Twin…
1. Lego Greetings around the world
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How do you like your robot?
Group Juggling
Fill Me In
11:10 a,m. Build a Robot…the Simplebot Tribot or Tri Motor Chasis
FLL’s signature set of Core Values.
 We are a team.
 We do the work to find solutions with guidance from our coaches and mentors.
 We honor the spirit of friendly competition.
 What we discover is more important than what we win.
 We share our experiences with others.
 We display Gracious Professionalism in everything we do.
 We have fun.
11:45 Robotics Behaviors and Using Software to program for that behavior
NXT Video Trainer
Noon-12:30 pm: Lunch
12:30 Lets program our robots to go forward and back
Challenge 1 Forward and Back..first line Forward and Back….Second Line
Challenge 2 The most accurate Drag Race
1:00
Let’s program our robots to turn
Point Turn
Pivot Turn
Challenge 3 Straight 90 Degree turn Straight
Challenge 4 Follow the Square
LOOPS
2:00: What is FLL and how does it work?
Then Explain what FIRST Lego League Teams do:
Ages 9-14
Up to maximum membership of 10 members
Yes you will do lots of building and programming…..but there are four other parts to the
participation in FIRST Lego League…..
Theme: Climate Connection—our communities connection with affecting climate and it’s affects
on their community, Smart Moves –focused on Transportation-- Body Forward…Medical
Technology and the body…..robotics in surgery, Food Factor, last years them on food safety in
production, transportation and consumer use and next year’s theme is “Senior SOlutions” about
making sure that Seniors in our communities stay vital, engaged and involved.
Can FIRST® LEGO® League teams improve the quality of life for seniors by helping them continue to be
independent, engaged, and connected in their communities? In the 2012 SENIOR
SOLUTIONSSM Challenge, over 200,000 children ages 9 to16* from more than 60 countries will explore
the topic of aging and how it may affect a person’s ability to maintain his or her lifestyle – solving issues
like getting around, keeping in touch, or staying fit. Teams will research obstacles and then suggest ways
to improve the quality of life for the seniors affected. Teams will also build, test, and program an
autonomous robot using LEGO MINDSTORMS® robot to solve a set of missions on an obstacle
course. Throughout their experience, teams will operate under FLL’s signature set of Core Values.
Throughout their experience, teams will operate under FLL’s signature set of Core Values.
 We are a team.
 We do the work to find solutions with guidance from our coaches and mentors.
 We honor the spirit of friendly competition.
 What we discover is more important than what we win.
 We share our experiences with others.
 We display Gracious Professionalism in everything we do.
 We have fun.
It does take a commitment to your team as team s will meet a couple times a week for a couple hours each time from
September through the second week of December when the Western Iowa Regionals are held in Sioux City.
There are four parts to FLL:
Robotics Challenge
Technical Interview
Teamwork Interview….do something as a team and then explain how you worked together during the season
Research Project Presentation
You have been using very engineering skills as you have been adapting your designs of
your robots to better fit the requirements of the task….and YOU have been calibrating by
using the wheel and figuring out how many rotations it takes to go a certain distance.
Robots are used to do what we call the 4 Ds
Dirty, Dull, Dangerous and Delicate Jobs….I want you in your teams to come up with two
jobs that fit these 4 Ds….
2:30 -3:15 p.m. Introduction to Sensors
Touch Sensor LESSON and Challenge
Ultrasonic Lesson and Challenge
Afternoon Challenge:
Drive to wall…touch sensor back up turn 90 degrees and drive parallel to wall for 12
rotations
Drive to wall…..Ultrasonic detect wall at 10 inches, turn 90 degrees and drive parallel to
wall for 12 rotations
Follow the line
Follow the Line …Light Sensor Lesson and Challenge
Sound Sensor…..Lesson and Challenge