These are tutorials, programs and instructions designed for LEGO SPIKE.
Larvy is a SPIKE Prime robot that moves like a larva or caterpillar. It uses a Large Motor to contract and expand its body, mimicking the crawling motion.
Using two Medium Motors, it rotates four wheels - tilting them sideways or upright as needed - so it can move forward!
A program for the robot can be found here: Program for Larvy - LEGO SPIKE Prime robot
This program makes Larvy - LEGO SPIKE Prime larva robot move forward indefinitely! The movement of this robot is very interesting as it works like a caterpillar or larvae! The program works by repeating 3 movements every cycle of the loop:
You may notice that every movement command does two things, or the same thing but a different direction. That is done using a variable that is either 1 or -1, and that gives the direction that the motors should move. This variable is also used to determine which motor should use full power and which shouldn't so that the robot doesn't break itself!
Welcome to an introduction to the SPIKE Prime set! In this course, you’ll find 7 step-by-step 3D building instructions for SPIKE Prime robots, designed to help you explore the full potential of the base set. Once you've built them, you can bring them to life with our fun programs—these range from simple tasks like moving forward to more complex actions like detecting the nearest object.
And if you're ready for a challenge, we’ve also prepared some advanced tasks! These will encourage you to research and experiment with both the programs and the robot itself. Of course, you're always welcome to add your own creative touches and enjoy the process along the way.
After downloading the SPIKE programming software, you’ll need to connect to your hub in order to load a program to your robot. Let’s take a look at how you can do that!
As you might have seen, recently all the cool kids build tensegrity structures. So we decided to make one for those of you who have a Spike prime set and want to build one themselves! In addition this tensegrity structure requires only parts from the set, which means you don't need to tie any strings on beams or other parts!
At the top of the structure we have two fully functional motors! Can you make something cool with them?
Big Wheelster, as the name suggests, is a robot with a big wheel! The large wheel is built using SPIKE Prime baseplates. The robot also features an interesting steering mechanism. At the front, we’ve added a touch sensor to detect obstacles—and hopefully avoid them!
Tohuru, from Māori, means owl.
Tohuru is a SPIKE Prime robot that grips onto an edge and scans for the nearest object! It uses two Medium Motors to hold onto an edge between its wheels. Its head—made from an Ultrasonic Sensor—is mounted on a Large Motor, allowing it to rotate a full 360 degrees. And most importantly, it looks just like an owl!
This program makes the Tohuru – LEGO SPIKE Prime Owl Robot move like an owl! But what does an owl move like? Well, we figured a key part of an owl’s behavior is firmly holding onto a branch. So, the first part of the program makes the robot grip tightly onto whatever is between its two wheels. After that, the owl begins spinning its head and searches for the closest object. Once it finds something, it stares at it—menacingly—until it moves away!
