What is a robot

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What is a robot?
Some things to think about.

• Examples of robots
• How we use robots
• Why we use robots
• What they look like

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What makes a robot?

• BODYA physical body of some type
• BEHAVIOURThey exhibit some kind of behaviour
• CONTROLA program to control the robot

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Where are the robots on this page?
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Where are the robots on this page?
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Where are the robots on this page?
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The Lego System
Motor
RCX Brick
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The RCX Brick
Inputs 3 inputs labelled 1, 2 and 3
Outputs 3 outputs labelled A, B and C
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Challenge 1

• You will need

X2
X2
X2
Your Challenge.

• Put the components together.
• When you push RUN, the RCX must move!

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What makes a robot?

• BODYA physical body of some type
• BEHAVIOURThey exhibit some kind of behaviour
• CONTROLA program to control the robot

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The Lego System
Computer running Robolab
IR transmitter
Motor
RCX Brick
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This is Pilot 2
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Challenge 2

• Using Pilot 2, you must.

• Put your robot together (again!)
• Make your robot travel in a straight line
  forwards.
• Make your robot travel in a straight line
  backwards.
• Make your robot spin

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This is Pilot 3
Step 1
Step 2
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Challenge 3
Using Pilot 3, you must.

• Make your robot travel in TWO different ways
• If you make it go forwards and backwards, can
  you make one of the steps a spin?
• If you make it spin, can you make one of the
  steps going forwards?
• When it is going forwards or backwards and each
  motor is going at a different speed, does this
  affect how your robot moves?