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Prairie Creek Elementary RoboClub

January 19, 2005 Meeting

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Today’s Agenda Robot of the week Teams Introduction to Mindstorms Assemble Kits 8:20 Clean up

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Robot of the Day Sojourner Truth

Rover from the Mars Pathfinder Mission (1997)

Picture was taken by the lander on the surface of Mars

Had to make decisions on its own to avoid obstacles and perform its mission.

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Teams

Team Team Name Members

1 The Lukes Luke B. & Luke D.

2 x

3 x

4 The Martians Jared & Brooks

5 The Robotic Legs Alex & Travis

6 x

7 The Battlebots David & Carter

8 x

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Today’s Challenge: Intro to Mindstorms Start Mindstorms Robotic

Invention System 2.0

Make sure you can hear the sounds Take turns with your partner

Create a new user “Team _” Begin Training Missions Complete the Introduction Complete Exercise 1 “This is the RCX”

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Choose “Run”

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Create a new user “Team _”

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Choose “Missions”

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Choose “Training Missions”

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Do Introduction, then Mission 1

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When finished, Click on Main Menu

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Exit

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Activity: Assemble Team Kit Each kit has 3 boxes: 1, 2, 3 Bins are named by rows (A, B, C, D) and columns

(1, 2, 3, …) Inventory lists parts and quantity for each bin We will fill the kits starting with box 1, row A,

column 1, 2, 3… (1-A1, 1-A2, 1-A3…)

Neat kits: neat treats

We probably will not finish tonight

Kit picture

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Thanks for coming!See You Next Week!

Wednesday, January 26, 20057:00 – 8:30 p.m.