Video tutorials -

• FIRST LEGO League

In this video tutorial we demonstrate the importance of properly shielding and protecting the light/color sensors of your LEGO Mindstorms Robot Inventor robots. These principles generally apply for all kind of robots. The problem is that external light sources from the venue could change the behavior of the robot - like have you ever been to a competition venue where the lighting just makes the robot behave in different ways? - well this tutorial is for you!

The bench mission was one of the most difficult we've encountered, especially when it comes to accomplishing the mission reliably. The goal of the mission is to push the bench down, lift part of it and leave 4 boxes at specific places. The whole concept of the mission is awesome. Here is how we did it:

The Slide mission the FIRST LEGO League 2020 is about the LEGO Minifigures sliding down the slide and the robot bringing them back to base. We must somehow bring then back do base. Do we push them on the Slide? Do we pull them? Or we could lift them. In this video tutorial we decided to pull the minifigures, but there is a catch.

This video tutorial is about a detachable attachment. In various FIRST LEGO League competitions there are missions that could be accomplished with an attachment and when you accomplish the mission you must somehow leave the attachment along with the mission model. Probably as a support - most of the time it is as a support. But we've seen some pretty powerful concepts that include things like leaving a clock mechanism that will continue to work for 30 seconds accomplishing the mission.

10 out of 10 tutorials are about accomplishing missions in a reliable and repeatable way. In this video tutorials we accomplish the Step Counter mission 10 out of 10 times. We can push on the mission model, but if we push too hard we would lock it and there is no way back. So we use a slightly different approach. Check out the video to see how.

In this video tutorial, we push two of the mission models with a pinless active attachment with gears. The goal is to push the mission models after the blue lines. This attachment is interesting as it demonstrates a non-straightforward idea of how we can push the mission models. We explain the Scratch program and how we use the motion sensors - you will learn how to turn to a specific angle by using the motion sensor.

In this FLL video tutorial we accomplish the step counter mission. We use a LEGO Mindstorms Robot Inventor robot. The idea of the mission is to control the robot in a very precise way so that it could slowly push on the mission model and accomplish it. In the tutorial we demonstrated exactly this slow push, but in a different way.

In this video tutorial we accomplish the Pull-Up bar mission from the FIRST LEGO League 2020. This is a 10 out of 10 tutorial for demonstrating the accuracy of the robot and the attachment. What you will learn is how a two part attachment works.

In this video tutorial we use a LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot inventor robot and we do an experiment and a demonstration with it. We demonstrate what is the difference in the consistency and accuracy of the robot when we move slow and when we move fast. For FLL, WRO competitions there is always this balance between moving fast and moving slow.

This is a 10 out of 10 tutorial demonstrating the accuracy of a Flip Attachment for the FIRST LEGO League 2020 Cell Phone Mission. The flip attachment flips a phone. Moves forward and flip it. This is a tricky business. It might not work. The trick is to approach the mission model from the right angle. In the tutorial you will see a demonstration and will learn how such a mission could be accomplished accurately with a LEGO Mindstorms Robot Inventor robot and attachment with gear wheels.

This 10 out of 10 tutorials demonstrates how we can accomplish a flip mission with a LEGO Mindstorms Robot inventor in a repeatable way. We manage to flip the tires on almost every try. You will learn and see how the attachment works and is able to push and flip the mission models.

The goal of the Pull-Up bar mission is to have the robot pull up on the bar... ok.. wording. In this video tutorial we demonstrate an interesting attachment that helps the robot attach to the Pull-Up bar and hang there. How do we do this - with a platform, that brings the robot to the bar and then detaches itself from the robot

The goal of this course is to prepare students and teachers for the challenges on FIRST LEGO League competition and as an introduction here are a few guidance on how to use to course, what to do and what not to do

The robot moves your Innovation Project onto the RePLAY logo or the gray area around the bench (M04).

“Doing the same with less” can save time and space.

The less often you interrupt the robot outside home, the more points you keep.

The robot collects health units from around the field and moves them to target areas.

Before the match, you hand select the machine’s lever setting. During the match, the robot moves the lever until the little yellow stopper falls.

The robot moves the free wheel out of the large circle and into the small target circle.

The robot spins the rollers to move the pointer as far clockwise as possible.

The robot flips the cell phone white side up.

The robot flips tires so their white centers face up and moves them into their large target circle.

Boccia is an interactive mission with the opposing team. Talk with the other team so the robots send matching colored cubes onto the opposite field.

The robot is dancing on the dance floor at the end of the match.

The robot passes completely under the bar any time. Separately, it is held off the mat by the bar at the end of the match.

The robot raises the crate up the post and gets a cube into it.

The robot removes the backrest, flattens the bench, and gets cubes into the hopscotch spaces.