Robotics with VEX [Week 5]
Robotics with VEX Has Robot Control Issues [Week 5]
Our last week was very exciting. We got to go on our beach field trip to Magic Island. We had the whole beach to ourselves for 45 minutes and got to swim and dig in the sand all we wanted. …
Robotics with VEX [Week 4]
Robotics with VEX Create Tank Treads [Week 4]
This week we worked on creating tank treads for our bots. Tank treads are a little more complicated to create and require more planning to add to our bot bases. Tank bots move slower but can carry or move a…
Robotics with VEX Take on the “Ball Challenge” [Week 3]
The students learned how to program the VEX Cortex and VEX controller using the RobotC program and learned how to sync the cortex to the controller and to the control bots wirelessly. They also made speed bots and added bulldozer…
Robotics with VEX [Week 3]
Robotics with VEX Builds Bot Bases and Ramp Races [Week 2]
This week it was all about that base in VEX. The class built a ton of stuff – from bot bases to adding second stories to individual bases with wheels. And for those who finished early, a ramming device. Students…
VEX Roboticists Get Rolling
This week our master roboticists made vehicles out of VEX robotics parts, like metal pieces, moving parts, structure parts, L-brackets, wheels, wrenches, screws, bolts, and bearings. Their goal was to build the car that traveled the farthest distance. As Shune…