Introduction
Construction
Slide and Belt - LEGO Construction modules
These are modules for you to create your own robot that sorts plastic trash as used in C2. The two modules are not connected anywhere, they are just placed together so you have an easier time imagining the robot.
After building the robot, close the box to keep the desk clear.
- Gather all the parts from the desk and put them back in the box.
- Close the box and move it aside so it's out of your way.
Programming
Garbage decomposing
We all know that it takes different amounts of time for different types of garbage to degrade in the environment. But how do different degrading times compare to each other?
To give you a perspective of how much time it take and to motivate you to properly recycle and clean after yourself, we've prepared a list showing the amount of time it take different types of garbage to degrade/decompose in nature:
- food - about a month.
- newspapers - 1 to 3-4 months
- cardboard - 3-4 months
- paper - most popular paper for copying machines is decomposing for about 2 years
- construction materials - 10 years
- iron armature - 11 to 13 years
- food cans - 10 years
- old shoes - 10 years
- bricks and concrete - 100 years
- auto batteries - 100 years
- foil and staniol - 100 years
- batteries - 110 years
- auto tires - 120-140 years
- plastic and plastic bottles - at least 180-200 years
- aluminum cans - 500 years
- glass - 1000 years
- orange peal - 1.5-2 years
- napkin - 2 months
- lighting match - 6 months
- gas lighter - 100-200 years
- cigarette - 1-2 years
- gum - 5 years
- plastic bag - 20 to 100 years
- diaper - 500 years
Clarification
In your next task you are expected to align the robots in a way the allows them to pass the ball from the previous to the next robot in the line. Each robot checks for certain color of the ball, different from the once the other robots check for. When it detect a ball with the specific color, it stops until the owner of the robot removes the ball.
Tasks to finish a class
- Take pictures and make videos of your robots
- Disassemble and arrange the robot
- Arrange your workplace
- It is important to arrange the electronics of the robots on the cover of the box.
- Wind up the programming cable so that it is assembled.
- Put the robot cables next to the electronics.
- Wind up the mouse cable around the mouse.
- Wind up the cable of the laptop charger in a way that your teacher will show you.
- When you turn off the computer, leave it next to the robot box.
- Turn off all programs on your computer
- Exit FLLCasts
- Shut down your computer
- Put your chair under the desk.