Programming Bootcamp

Task 1
Moving and Sensing
Challenge: Make your robot drive in a square, returning to your starting point after making
four turns.

Now you will begin using the iPads to program your robots. One partner should go get an iPad from the
cart. REMEMBER YOUR NUMBER/COLOR. Use the same iPad every day.

-) Open “Lego Mindstorms Education” App on your iPad

-) Start a new program.
-) On the side you will see different colored menus. Each Color has a different
purpose, and these four are the important ones for us:
Pink blocks control movement and wheels.
Dark Blue blocks control the Tankbot Arm.
Yellow blocks control “Logic” and is called Events (If … happens, do this).
Light Blue blocks control sensors. Sometimes they also get attached to
other bricks.

-) When you add a motion brick to make it move straight, it may look like this:
This block makes your robot move forever or until a sensor is triggered.

This block allows you to control how long your robot moves.

This block stops movement.

-) To make your robot turn, you use this brick. The larger the turn number, to
quicker and sharper that the robot will turn.

-) To make a program, you simply link the blocks together in the order you want
the robot to do them, from top to bottom.

-) Try making your perfect square. HINT: you will need four movement blocks and
four turn blocks.