Region 17 Summer 4-H Robotics Camps
Partner Counties: Harrison, East Pottawattamie, West Pottawattamie, Montgomery and Fremont
Summary of 4-H Robotics Camps and Participation:
JUNE Camps
County: East Pottawattamie
Dates of Camp: June 10-14
Location: Hancock, Botna Ben State Park
Participants: 5
Volunteers: 1
Highlights: Great kids with excellent attitude and motivation to learn and progress in the world of
robots. Was the first camp of the summer! Quite amazing on what the kids were able to accomplish!
The major part was the campers were able to inter mix with each other and not have problems.
Challenges:
First day:
Forward- Travel a certain distance forward and stop.
Froward back- Travel a certain distance forward than back and stop with the front tires on the
starting line.
Drag race- Start at the start line travel until in between two lines, and travel back to finish
line(start line) with at least one tire of the robot on the line. This is a race between all robot teams.
Second day:
90 Degree Curve turn- Turn 90 degrees with one motor running and one motor stopped.
90 Degree Pivot turn- Turn 90 degrees with one motor moving forward while the other is
moving backwards.
Move forward 3 rotations and turn 90 degree
Travels in a square- do this by using a loop
Maze challenge- Travel through the maze without hitting the walls and using no sensors.
Roomba- A part of the robot must travel through each square.
Attach third arms- To attach the third motor in a functional spot on the robot.
Giving tree: Must have the robot drop an item off at the base of the tree in order for the tree to
transport this object to the final destination.
Lumber Jack- This is where the campers are to program the robots to travel to the tree pick it up
and travel away from the tree’s starting point. Objective is to lift the tree instead of drag the tree out in
order to minimize damage on the tree and maximize profit.
Third day:
Forward till touch- Program the touch sensor to tell the robot to stop when it bumps into a wall.
Touch challenge- Program the touch sensor to tell the robot to stop when it bumps into a wall
then turn 90 degrees and travel 12 rotations forward.
Forward till Near - Program the Ultra Sonic sensor to tell the robot to stop when it is less then 20
centimeters away for the wall.
Ultra Sonic- Program the Ultra Sonic sensor to tell the robot to travel forward until it detects it’s
less than 20 centimeters away from the wall turn 90 degrees and travel 12 rotations forward.
Move until sound- Program the sound sensor to tell the robot when to stop after it hears a
sound.
Forth day:
Forward till dark/light- This challenge depends on the resources one camp has. The campers are
to program their robot to travel forward until it detects a lighter surface or until dark surface.
Follow a line- Program the robot to follow a line.
Ball drop- Program the robot to carry a ball and drop into the designated inbox.
FLL Missions- We do not assign which missions they are to do. We may push a mission over
another. The FLL missions bored is a filler in order to keep the groups that successfully completed a
challenge faster than the others on task while the other groups finish up.
Fifth dayFLL Missions- The last day are to finish up all previous days challenges and then work on FLL
Borad.
Learned for other camps:
 This camp mainly taught me how each camp is going to be run and to stay on my toes when it
comes to thinking up challenges.
 That the challenges that require the robot to travel a certain distance can be modified according
to the available space the camp has to offer.
Resources Provided by the County:
East Pottawattamie provided-Name tags
-Markers
-tape
-poster board
-FLL board
-snacks- a variety of items, cheerios, goldfish, M&Ms, pretzels. The way we ran snack
was we sat out the above items and the kids could choice what they wanted for snack.
Participant Evaluations:
Did not do formal written evaluation; however we did ask the campers what they thought and how we
should enhance and or change camp. Nothing was said negative toward camps. Mainly the campers
wanted more campers and more time.
County: Harrison County
Dates of Camp: June 17-21
Location: Logan, Logan Elementary school Cafeteria.
Participants: 26
Volunteers: 4
Highlights: This camp was impressive. I was first quite Impressed with the number and slight worried
with amount of campers. After the first morning I could see there really was nothing to worry about.
The one thing we saw we were having problems with within the groups was that one or two of the kids
would do everything and or change everything after one had made a change. David, Lori Lockwood, and
I put our heads together and came up with roles. We decided since each group was made up of two or
three kids we would have a programmer, builder, and third arm/ wheel. After our volunteers put on a
small skit witch they attempted to build a simple bot as three individuals on a team and failed. I
discussed with the campers why team work was important and why when one person may think
something is better they need to ask. I than had the volunteers decided on their main programmer,
builder, third arm/ wheel after that they began building their robot which we replaced with the IT
advantages Legoles to show what team does. We told the groups they had to decide who would be the
main programmer, main builder and, third arm/wheel decision makers. I was amazed on how much this
actually improved the work effort of the individual teams. They actually were a team of three not a
group of three individual workers.
First day:
Forward- Travel a certain distance forward and stop.
Froward back- Travel a certain distance forward than back and stop with the front tires on the
starting line.
Drag race- Start at the start line travel until in between two lines, and travel back to finish
line(start line) with at least one tire of the robot on the line. This is a race between all robot teams.
Second day:
90 Degree Curve turn- Turn 90 degrees with one motor running and one motor stopped.
90 Degree Pivot turn- Turn 90 degrees with one motor moving forward while the other is
moving backwards.
Move forward 3 rotations and turn 90 degree
Travels in a square- do this by using a loop
Maze challenge- Travel through the maze without hitting the walls and using no sensors.
Roomba- A part of the robot must travel through each square.
Attach third arms- To attach the third motor in a functional spot on the robot.
Giving tree: Must have the robot drop an item off at the base of the tree in order for the tree to
transport this object to the final destination.
Lumber Jack- This is where the campers are to program the robots to travel to the tree pick it up
and travel away from the tree’s starting point. Objective is to lift the tree instead of drag the tree out in
order to minimize damage on the tree and maximize profit.
Third day:
Forward till touch- Program the touch sensor to tell the robot to stop when it bumps into a wall.
Touch challenge- Program the touch sensor to tell the robot to stop when it bumps into a wall
then turn 90 degrees and travel 12 rotations forward.
Forward till Near - Program the Ultra Sonic sensor to tell the robot to stop when it is less then 20
centimeters away for the wall.
Ultra Sonic- Program the Ultra Sonic sensor to tell the robot to travel forward until it detects it’s
less than 20 centimeters away from the wall turn 90 degrees and travel 12 rotations forward.
Move until sound- Program the sound sensor to tell the robot when to stop after it hears a
sound.
Forth day:
Forward till dark/light- This challenge depends on the resources one camp has. The campers are
to program their robot to travel forward until it detects a lighter surface or until dark surface.
Follow a line- Program the robot to follow a line.
Ball drop- Program the robot to carry a ball and drop into the designated inbox.
FLL Missions- We do not assign which missions they are to do. We may push a mission over
another. The FLL missions bored is a filler in order to keep the groups that successfully completed a
challenge faster than the others on task while the other groups finish up.
Fifth day-
FLL Missions- The last day are to finish up all previous days challenges and then work on FLL
Borad.
Learned for other camps:
 This camp really showed me all the different types of campers I may have throughout this
summer.
 I learned its ok to have the volunteers run a few activates, and or explain a task.
 I also learned that instead of saying snack is ready and hoping I would not be chosen as a
campers snack, we told them they had to find a snack partner and in order for them to eat their
snack they had to trade the snack they nicely grabbed from me.
Resources Provided by the County:
Harrison provided-Name tags
-Markers
-tape
-poster board
-FLL Board
-snacks- A wide selections something completely different for each day.
Participant Evaluations:
What did you like best about camp?
-Building, running, and programing, robots
-making new friends
- everything
-I had a lot of fun at Lego camp
Thanks 4 helping ! The thing I liked best was building
the robot!
-It was fun and I learned a lot of things about robots. I liked team work games.
What were the most important things you learned about building and programming robots?
-To work together
-how they run, how the work and how you program
-telling your team it you’re going to change it
-they are only as smart as you program it
-One program square at a time
County: Montgomery
Dates of Camp: June 24-28
Location: Red Oak, Gold Fair building
Participants: 12
Volunteers: 2 for each day
Highlights: The highlight of this camp was that this was my home county. I enjoyed working with in my
county. The best highlight happened on the last day of camp. Though out the whole camp there was one
camper who wanted to distance himself from his team as well from all the other campers. The last day
his team just became a team and asked him to always be with in the group.
First day:
Forward- Travel a certain distance forward and stop.
Froward back- Travel a certain distance forward than back and stop with the front tires on the
starting line.
Drag race- Start at the start line travel until in between two lines, and travel back to finish
line(start line) with at least one tire of the robot on the line. This is a race between all robot teams.
Second day:
90 Degree Curve turn- Turn 90 degrees with one motor running and one motor stopped.
90 Degree Pivot turn- Turn 90 degrees with one motor moving forward while the other is
moving backwards.
Move forward 3 rotations and turn 90 degree
Travels in a square- do this by using a loop
Maze challenge- Travel through the maze without hitting the walls and using no sensors.
Roomba- A part of the robot must travel through each square.
Attach third arms- To attach the third motor in a functional spot on the robot.
Giving tree: Must have the robot drop an item off at the base of the tree in order for the tree to
transport this object to the final destination.
Lumber Jack- This is where the campers are to program the robots to travel to the tree pick it up
and travel away from the tree’s starting point. Objective is to lift the tree instead of drag the tree out in
order to minimize damage on the tree and maximize profit.
Third day:
Forward till touch- Program the touch sensor to tell the robot to stop when it bumps into a wall.
Touch challenge- Program the touch sensor to tell the robot to stop when it bumps into a wall
then turn 90 degrees and travel 12 rotations forward.
Forward till Near - Program the Ultra Sonic sensor to tell the robot to stop when it is less then 20
centimeters away for the wall.
Ultra Sonic- Program the Ultra Sonic sensor to tell the robot to travel forward until it detects it’s
less than 20 centimeters away from the wall turn 90 degrees and travel 12 rotations forward.
Move until sound- Program the sound sensor to tell the robot when to stop after it hears a
sound.
Forth day:
Forward till dark/light- This challenge depends on the resources one camp has. The campers are
to program their robot to travel forward until it detects a lighter surface or until dark surface.
Follow a line- Program the robot to follow a line.
Ball drop- Program the robot to carry a ball and drop into the designated inbox.
FLL Missions- We do not assign which missions they are to do. We may push a mission over
another. The FLL missions bored is a filler in order to keep the groups that successfully completed a
challenge faster than the others on task while the other groups finish up.
Fifth dayFLL Missions- The last day are to finish up all previous days challenges and then work on FLL
Borad.
Learned for other camps:
 This camp taught me that if you are at a personally level with the campers it may be a challenge
for them to listen to you. This is due to Montgomery county is my home town so I’m always
around them when it comes to 4-H and other activities.
 I also learned how that its hardly ever the children’s fault when they are late. At this camp I had
a parent who pulled their student from camp early and brought them to camp quite late. This
taught me that I was unable become upset at the camper but rather fill them in quickly.
Resources Provided by the County:
Montgomery provided-Name tags
-Markers
-tape
-poster board
-FLL Board
-snacks- A wide selections something completely different for each day.
Participant Evaluations:
-That we got to build and work together
-You have to make your robots programs precise or else they won’t run right
-I would tell them that it was really fun and you can do really fun games and you can program
robots and build with Legos
-Game, missions for robots, food, crafts and lots of fun stuff
JULY Camps
County: West Pottawattamie
Dates of Camp:July 1-3
Location: West Pottawattamie Extension meeting room
Participants: 15
Volunteers:
Highlights: This was the first three day camp we had. This camp was great! The help we had was
fantastic she really knew how to relate to the kids but still be an authority. Up until this camp I was
blessed with the amount of space I had allotted to use. At west Pottawattamie I hardly had enough
room for the kids let alone the challenges. We made it work even with the parents came for the show
case. It amazed me to see how well the kids worked together to help with the space issue.
Challenges:
First day:
Forward- Travel a certain distance forward and stop.
Froward back- Travel a certain distance forward than back and stop with the front tires on the
starting line.
Drag race- Start at the start line travel until in between two lines, and travel back to finish
line(start line) with at least one tire of the robot on the line. This is a race between all robot teams.
90 Degree Curve turn- Turn 90 degrees with one motor running and one motor stopped.
90 Degree Pivot turn- Turn 90 degrees with one motor moving forward while the other is
moving backwards.
Move forward 3 rotations and turn 90 degree
Travels in a square- do this by using a loop
Maze challenge- Travel through the maze without hitting the walls and using no sensors.
Roomba- A part of the robot must travel through each square.
-Second Day:
Attach third arms- To attach the third motor in a functional spot on the robot.
Giving tree: Must have the robot drop an item off at the base of the tree in order for the tree to
transport this object to the final destination.
Lumber Jack- This is where the campers are to program the robots to travel to the tree pick it up
and travel away from the tree’s starting point. Objective is to lift the tree instead of drag the tree out in
order to minimize damage on the tree and maximize profit.
Forward till touch- Program the touch sensor to tell the robot to stop when it bumps into a wall.
Touch challenge- Program the touch sensor to tell the robot to stop when it bumps into a wall
then turn 90 degrees and travel 12 rotations forward.
Third day:
Forward till Near - Program the Ultra Sonic sensor to tell the robot to stop when it is less then 20
centimeters away for the wall.
Ultra Sonic- Program the Ultra Sonic sensor to tell the robot to travel forward until it detects it’s
less than 20 centimeters away from the wall turn 90 degrees and travel 12 rotations forward.
Move until sound- Program the sound sensor to tell the robot when to stop after it hears a
sound.
Forward till dark/light- This challenge depends on the resources one camp has. The campers are
to program their robot to travel forward until it detects a lighter surface or until dark surface.
Follow a line- Program the robot to follow a line.
Ball drop- Program the robot to carry a ball and drop into the designated inbox.
FLL Missions- We do not assign which missions they are to do. We may push a mission over
another. The FLL missions bored is a filler in order to keep the groups that successfully completed a
challenge faster than the others on task while the other groups finish up.
FLL Missions- The last day are to finish up all previous days challenges and then work on FLL
Borad.
Learned for other camps:
-I learned that I cannot take space for granted.
-I also learned that even with a smaller space the camp will go on.
- I learned that even in three days with the campers you are still able to establish a great
relationship that allows camp to run smoothly.
Resources Provided by the County:
Montgomery provided-Name tags
-Markers
-tape
-poster board
-snacks
Participant Evaluations:
Making a robot with my best friend
That the robot can only be as smart as you program
Completely awesome
This is the best camp Ever!
County: East Pottawattamie
Dates of Camp: July 8-10
Location: Walnut Public Library
Participants: 7
Volunteers: Walnut Librarian
Highlights: We had a camper who’s family was in the process of moving to St. Louis from Wyoming so
they came and seen the family in East Pottawattamie so he signed up. This was Kari’s Nephew. It was
amazing seeing the campers get to know each other and develop great teams! There was a very young
camper and at the begging of the camp it was tough for him to adjust and to belong; however he finally
started to open up and was accepted in the group and worked great the test of the 3 days.
Challenges:
First day:
Forward- Travel a certain distance forward and stop.
Froward back- Travel a certain distance forward than back and stop with the front tires on the
starting line.
Drag race- Start at the start line travel until in between two lines, and travel back to finish
line(start line) with at least one tire of the robot on the line. This is a race between all robot teams.
90 Degree Curve turn- Turn 90 degrees with one motor running and one motor stopped.
90 Degree Pivot turn- Turn 90 degrees with one motor moving forward while the other is
moving backwards.
Move forward 3 rotations and turn 90 degree
Travels in a square- do this by using a loop
Maze challenge- Travel through the maze without hitting the walls and using no sensors.
Roomba- A part of the robot must travel through each square.
-Second Day:
Attach third arms- To attach the third motor in a functional spot on the robot.
Giving tree: Must have the robot drop an item off at the base of the tree in order for the tree to
transport this object to the final destination.
Lumber Jack- This is where the campers are to program the robots to travel to the tree pick it up
and travel away from the tree’s starting point. Objective is to lift the tree instead of drag the tree out in
order to minimize damage on the tree and maximize profit.
Forward till touch- Program the touch sensor to tell the robot to stop when it bumps into a wall.
Touch challenge- Program the touch sensor to tell the robot to stop when it bumps into a wall
then turn 90 degrees and travel 12 rotations forward.
Third day:
Forward till Near - Program the Ultra Sonic sensor to tell the robot to stop when it is less then 20
centimeters away for the wall.
Ultra Sonic- Program the Ultra Sonic sensor to tell the robot to travel forward until it detects it’s
less than 20 centimeters away from the wall turn 90 degrees and travel 12 rotations forward.
Move until sound- Program the sound sensor to tell the robot when to stop after it hears a
sound.
Forward till dark/light- This challenge depends on the resources one camp has. The campers are
to program their robot to travel forward until it detects a lighter surface or until dark surface.
Follow a line- Program the robot to follow a line.
Ball drop- Program the robot to carry a ball and drop into the designated inbox.
FLL Missions- We do not assign which missions they are to do. We may push a mission over
another. The FLL missions bored is a filler in order to keep the groups that successfully completed a
challenge faster than the others on task while the other groups finish up.
FLL Missions- The last day are to finish up all previous days challenges and then work on FLL
Borad.
Learned for other camps:
-The walnut Library is a beautiful space, however not so much for camp. It was narrow which
made us seem to be crowded at all times. This was not bad at all we made do. I just learned in a
crowded space we need to take more brakes because the campers tend to get on each other’s nerves.
-I also learned to watch and notice sooner if there is a camper that may be younger than the
rest to insure they are being accepted in to the group.
Resources Provided by the County:
Montgomery provided-Name tags
-Markers
-tape
-poster board
-FLL Board
-snacks- A wide selections something completely different for each day.
Participant Evaluations:
-I liked programming the robots to succeed and getting to share it with my partner
- That they are delicate and how to program them
-Can we make a team
-I had a great time and learned a lot
-I will be here next year. The best part was programming what my friend built
AUGUST Camps
County: West Pottawattamie
Dates of Camp: July 29- August 2
Location: Wes Pottawattamie extension
Participants: 13
Volunteers: 1
Highlights: This camp had another great turn out. The kids all came in Monday morning and came in all
bright eyed and bushy tailed. They were all ready to go and beyond eager to get started. I was quite
amazed when a camper showed up half a day light on how the other campers allowed them to join in
just like that.
Challenges:
First day:
Forward- Travel a certain distance forward and stop.
Froward back- Travel a certain distance forward than back and stop with the front tires on the
starting line.
Drag race- Start at the start line travel until in between two lines, and travel back to finish
line(start line) with at least one tire of the robot on the line. This is a race between all robot teams.
Second day:
90 Degree Curve turn- Turn 90 degrees with one motor running and one motor stopped.
90 Degree Pivot turn- Turn 90 degrees with one motor moving forward while the other is
moving backwards.
Move forward 3 rotations and turn 90 degree
Travels in a square- do this by using a loop
Maze challenge- Travel through the maze without hitting the walls and using no sensors.
Roomba- A part of the robot must travel through each square.
Attach third arms- To attach the third motor in a functional spot on the robot.
Giving tree: Must have the robot drop an item off at the base of the tree in order for the tree to
transport this object to the final destination.
Lumber Jack- This is where the campers are to program the robots to travel to the tree pick it up
and travel away from the tree’s starting point. Objective is to lift the tree instead of drag the tree out in
order to minimize damage on the tree and maximize profit.
Third day:
Forward till touch- Program the touch sensor to tell the robot to stop when it bumps into a wall.
Touch challenge- Program the touch sensor to tell the robot to stop when it bumps into a wall
then turn 90 degrees and travel 12 rotations forward.
Forward till Near - Program the Ultra Sonic sensor to tell the robot to stop when it is less then 20
centimeters away for the wall.
Ultra Sonic- Program the Ultra Sonic sensor to tell the robot to travel forward until it detects it’s
less than 20 centimeters away from the wall turn 90 degrees and travel 12 rotations forward.
Move until sound- Program the sound sensor to tell the robot when to stop after it hears a
sound.
Forth day:
Forward till dark/light- This challenge depends on the resources one camp has. The campers are
to program their robot to travel forward until it detects a lighter surface or until dark surface.
Follow a line- Program the robot to follow a line.
Ball drop- Program the robot to carry a ball and drop into the designated inbox.
FLL Missions- We do not assign which missions they are to do. We may push a mission over
another. The FLL missions bored is a filler in order to keep the groups that successfully completed a
challenge faster than the others on task while the other groups finish up.
Fifth dayFLL Missions- The last day are to finish up all previous days challenges and then work on FLL
Borad.
Learned for other camps:
 This camp mainly taught me how each camp is going to be run and to stay on my toes when it
comes to thinking up challenges.
 That the challenges that require the robot to travel a certain distance can be modified according
to the available space the camp has to offer.
Resources Provided by the County:
East Pottawattamie provided-Name tags
-Markers
-tape
-poster board
-FLL board
-snacks- a variety of items, cheerios, goldfish, M&Ms, pretzels. The way we ran snack
was we sat out the above items and the kids could choice what they wanted for snack.
Participant Evaluations:
-Learning about sensors
-I liked building the robot and the arm the best
-How they play a part in the world
-That if you’re interested in robots this is the camp for you
-it is awesome!
County: Fremont
Dates of Camp: August 5-7
Location: Fremont county Fair grounds
Participants: 5
Volunteers: 1
Highlights: All the campers at this camp were about the same age and had little to no experience with
robotics. This camp seemed go real well. The age difference was close so there were no kids that felt left
out this was amazing. Even though the challenges seemed to take a lot longer than other camps did we
worked through it and the kids learned a lot.
Challenges:
First day:
Forward- Travel a certain distance forward and stop.
Froward back- Travel a certain distance forward than back and stop with the front tires on the
starting line.
Drag race- Start at the start line travel until in between two lines, and travel back to finish
line(start line) with at least one tire of the robot on the line. This is a race between all robot teams.
90 Degree Curve turn- Turn 90 degrees with one motor running and one motor stopped.
90 Degree Pivot turn- Turn 90 degrees with one motor moving forward while the other is
moving backwards.
Move forward 3 rotations and turn 90 degree
Travels in a square- do this by using a loop
Maze challenge- Travel through the maze without hitting the walls and using no sensors.
Roomba- A part of the robot must travel through each square.
-Second Day:
Attach third arms- To attach the third motor in a functional spot on the robot.
Giving tree: Must have the robot drop an item off at the base of the tree in order for the tree to
transport this object to the final destination.
Lumber Jack- This is where the campers are to program the robots to travel to the tree pick it up
and travel away from the tree’s starting point. Objective is to lift the tree instead of drag the tree out in
order to minimize damage on the tree and maximize profit.
Forward till touch- Program the touch sensor to tell the robot to stop when it bumps into a wall.
Touch challenge- Program the touch sensor to tell the robot to stop when it bumps into a wall
then turn 90 degrees and travel 12 rotations forward.
Third day:
Forward till Near - Program the Ultra Sonic sensor to tell the robot to stop when it is less then 20
centimeters away for the wall.
Ultra Sonic- Program the Ultra Sonic sensor to tell the robot to travel forward until it detects it’s
less than 20 centimeters away from the wall turn 90 degrees and travel 12 rotations forward.
Move until sound- Program the sound sensor to tell the robot when to stop after it hears a
sound.
Forward till dark/light- This challenge depends on the resources one camp has. The campers are
to program their robot to travel forward until it detects a lighter surface or until dark surface.
Follow a line- Program the robot to follow a line.
Ball drop- Program the robot to carry a ball and drop into the designated inbox.
FLL Missions- We do not assign which missions they are to do. We may push a mission over
another. The FLL missions bored is a filler in order to keep the groups that successfully completed a
challenge faster than the others on task while the other groups finish up.
FLL Missions- The last day are to finish up all previous days challenges and then work on FLL
Borad.
Learned for other camps:
-I learned I cannot compare how fast each team completes a challenge compared to another
camp.
-I also learned that at younger ages if they can complete part of the challenge that is what is
most important. As long as they have the correct programming.
Resources Provided by the County:
Montgomery provided-Name tags
-Markers
-tape
-poster board
-FLL Board
-snacks-
Participant Evaluations:
-I like that we built the robors
-we got to build amoving robot
-How to turn and make the robot go forward
-I would tell them that it was awesome
-I really enjoyed camp! I enjoyed building our robot with my partner, but mostly all the fun we
had!
County: Fremont
Dates of Camp: August 8-10
Location: Fremont County Fair Grounds
Participants: 5
Volunteers: 1
Highlights: This camp was for the older kids in fremont county. This camp consisted of older more
experience campers, they really challenged me with what they knew and what they could do. It was
awesome on how fast they completed the forward and back challenge so I started thinking and made
new challenges.
Challenges:
First day:
Forward- Travel a certain distance forward and stop.
Froward back- Travel a certain distance forward than back and stop with the front tires on the
starting line.
Drag race- Start at the start line travel until in between two lines, and travel back to finish
line(start line) with at least one tire of the robot on the line. This is a race between all robot teams.
90 Degree Curve turn- Turn 90 degrees with one motor running and one motor stopped.
90 Degree Pivot turn- Turn 90 degrees with one motor moving forward while the other is
moving backwards.
Move forward 3 rotations and turn 90 degree
Travels in a square- do this by using a loop
Travel around a triangle: The campers had to travel around a triangle that was laid out on the
floor, they had to keep a tire on the line at all times
Second day:
Maze challenge- This was a more complex maze. They had to go forward till they hit a dead end
then had to back up until the turn opening came, they had to then turn and travel forward take a right
turn and travel a round a square, then they had to exit the square and travel straight till they came to
the wall, after they reached the wall they had to turn right travel forward and exit the maze.
Attach third arms- To attach the third motor in a functional spot on the robot.
Giving tree: Must have the robot drop an item off at the base of the tree in order for the tree to
transport this object to the final destination.
Lumber Jack- This is where the campers are to program the robots to travel to the tree pick it up
and travel away from the tree’s starting point. Objective is to lift the tree instead of drag the tree out in
order to minimize damage on the tree and maximize profit.
Forward till touch- Program the touch sensor to tell the robot to stop when it bumps into a wall.
Touch challenge-The touch challenge consisted of 4 totes marked 1 to 4(finish) the campers had
to travel to each tote in order by using the touch sensor.
Third day:
Forward till Near - Program the Ultra Sonic sensor to tell the robot to stop when it is less then 20
centimeters away for the wall.
Ultra Sonic- The ultra sonic challenge was 4 totes that were randomly spaced in an area. They
were numbered Start(1) to finish(4) they campers had to use the ultra sonic sensor in order for the
robot to know when to move on. Between the 3rd and 4th tote they had to do a 360 degrees close to the
spot marked on the floor.
Move until sound- Program the sound sensor to tell the robot when to stop after it hears a
sound.
Forward till dark/light- This challenge depends on the resources one camp has. The campers are
to program their robot to travel forward until it detects a lighter surface or until dark surface.
Follow a line- Program the robot to follow a line.
Ball drop- Program the robot to carry a ball and drop into the designated inbox.
FLL Missions- We do not assign which missions they are to do. We may push a mission over
another. The FLL missions bored is a filler in order to keep the groups that successfully completed a
challenge faster than the others on task while the other groups finish up.
FLL Missions- The last day are to finish up all previous days challenges and then work on FLL
Borad.
Learned for other camps:
-I learned that when you put experienced FLL members with older kids that take a strong liking
to robots, I am in trouble. This is because I don’t have a high amount of knowledge in some areas.
-Even with a group of smart campers I still can teach them new things as well as learn new
things from them.
Resources Provided by the County:
Montgomery provided-Name tags
-Markers
-tape
-poster board
-FLL Board
-snacks- A wide selections something completely different for each day.
Participant Evaluations:
-Building the stuff
-More days with more games
-How to program and build a robot
-It was Awesome
Summer 4-H Robotics Intern Activity for Weeks of July 15-19, 22-26:
As I have a sister partaking in 4-H in Montgomery I spent July 15-19 at the Montgomery County
Fair. I also helped the Montgomery county extension during this week to help make the Fair run smooth.
During July 22-26: I spent it at home. We recentaly moved so this allowed me to organize my room. If I
was not organizing my room I was in the shed doing smoothing or mawing the lawn. I also was the big
brother and took my little sister to activities. As I grew up attending the Page county fair as my cousins
sport team I had to go check out the fair.
Summary of What we learned in the Summer 4-H Robotics Camp Programming:
Overall we learned what works and what does not work when we are putting on the camps. As
with anything you can learn a lot. I think the most thing I personally learned was how great team work
is and how important it complete a task.
Summary of What we learned in the Summer 4-H Robotics Camp Intern Supports :
What supports worked great…….
All the counties were great help and had everything we asked for. Snack seemed to work great
in every county. The tape could have been a hit and miss weather or not the county needed to supply it.
Next year I would suggest the county to have only two rolls of tape. Next year we also need to set guide
lines on what color they are to supply. If the county has dark tables then they by a role of light tape. If
they have light tapes they buy a roll of dark tape. I also don’t see that the county supplying markers was
much of a help. At the bigger camps it was ok but the smaller camps it was not important. I also would
say next year to supply colored permanent markers. The washable markers did not take well with the
campers.
Every county had great volunteers. One key thing to remember when picking a volunteer is that they can
relate to the kids. If you have a parent that would want to be a volunteer it would be best if they were a
teacher or have experience with a lot of children. The only reason I say that if they are a parent them
they tend to only be a parent. When working with kids it’s important to discipline and make sure they
are on task; however teachers and high schools tend to do a better job at relating to the kids. This
makes them simply say hey not sure if we should do that what do you think, or hey that was cool don’t
do it again. As if a parent were to be there they would be don’t do that is not ok. I am not saying I did
not do that when needed. If I did do it when it was not needed then the kid would tend to shut down a
little.
What supports would have helped make it better for the intern or the participants………
All the camps went very well! Supports to make camp go better I would say having their medical
records and camp application on hand at camp for the summer intern to look at if needed. Most
counties had that available some did not.
Total Hours Worked for Summer 4-H Robotics Camp Intern Position: _309.67_Total Hours
(297.45 regular hours and 11.92 OT Hours)
Total Mileage Paid for Summer 4-H Robotics Camp Intern: _2074___Miles X $0.565 = 1171.82
Total Cost of Summer 4-H Robotics Intern __________