Lego WeDo: Dancing birds

Today in robotics we did two projects. One of the teams is still building an AT-ST walker (we are having a small problem attaching the legs, so we will have to solve that issue in class next week). The other team finished a dancing birds robot that used pulleys for motion. Please Watch the videos below to see how the size of the pulley and position of the belt affect rotation speed and direction)


VIDEO 1. Lego WeDo - Dancing Birds

VIDEO 2: Lego WeDo - Dancing Birds


VIDEO 3: Lego WeDo - Dancing Birds

Today we started working on our AT-ST Walker but then decided to revisit our gorilla and bumper car robots, they are so much fun. We better do less playing and more working next day in class....or maybe not. We will see ;)

Checking out some online projects

Building a Lego WeDo AT-ST walker

Lego AT-ST Walker robots.

Today we finished our gorilla and our alligator. Students had fun modifying programs and making their robots perform "goofy" routines. We will continue working on them and perhaps film students describing their performance in our next class.

Some of the teams have started working on our AT-ST Walker. I found these two videos below that show Star Wars vehicles in a context other than that of their imagined universe. I think they are quite cool.

See if you can spot the AT-ST walkers and enjoy!



VIDEO: Leaked Star Wars Episode VII Fimset Footage



VIDEO: Death Star over San Francisco

Lego WeDo and Mindstorms

Hello and welcome to Academy robotics!

Today we started our first project and although we had some glitches with our computer connection, students were great about it and we all adapted and moved on.

Hopefully next Friday we will have things working smoothly ;)

Below are some projects we explored today. See you next Friday!

VIDEO: RCX Bumper Car



VIDEO: Lego WeDo - Hungry Alligator

Gorillas, bathyscaphes and AT-ST walkers, Oh my!

Welcome to a new homeschool year!

Check out some of the Lego WeDo Education projects we will be doing in our co-op and Academy classes during the next few weeks!

See you in class and I look forward to helping you build and program some awesome projects!






Gorilla




Bathyscaphe




Star Wars AT-ST Walker