STEM & Robotics Courses

In this course, we demonstrate and explain example solutions for the FIRST LEGO League 2023-2024 MASTERPIECE competition using the Chain Monster box robot as a base, with custom-built attachments. Each solution is powered by a Python program that controls the robot to accomplish various missions efficiently. Every year, we share our solutions and insights only after the season is over.

The course is unique in its focus on multiple missions in a single run, showcasing runs that complete 3, 4, and even 5 missions in succession. We not only analyze these runs but also dive into the details of each individual mission, explaining the programming logic behind them. By following this course, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of how Python is used to automate mission execution and optimize your team's performance in FLL competitions.

Before starting this course, we recommend reviewing the FIRST LEGO League robot game guide.

In this course, we demonstrate and explain example solutions for the FIRST LEGO League 2023-2024 MASTERPIECE competition using the MiniBox box robot as a base, with custom-built attachments. Each solution is powered by a Python program that controls the robot to accomplish various missions efficiently. Every year, we share our solutions and insights only after the season is over.

The course is unique in its focus on multi-mission runs, showcasing runs that accomplish 3, 4, and even 5 and 6 missions. We then dive into the details of each specific mission. As you follow the course, try replicating the solutions to better understand the programs and explanations. This approach teaches students and teachers the principles of accomplishing missions in FLL robotics competitions and how to help your team score more points. Moreover, with the MiniBox, you will definitely have fun leaving the attachments on the mat. That will save you some precious time preparing for the next run!

Before starting this course, we recommend reviewing the FIRST LEGO League robot game guide.

In this course, we demonstrate and explain example solutions for the FIRST LEGO League 2023-2024 MASTERPIECE competition using the MiniBox box robot as a base, with custom-built attachments. Every year, we share our solutions and insights only after the season is over. The course is unique in its focus on multi-mission runs, showcasing runs that accomplish 3, 4, and even 5 and 6 missions. We then dive into the details of each specific mission. As you follow the course, try replicating the solutions to better understand the programs and explanations. This approach teaches students and teachers the principles of accomplishing missions in FLL robotics competitions and how to help your team score more points. Moreover, with the MiniBox, you will definitely have fun leaving the attachments on the mat. That will save you some precious time preparing for the next run!

Before starting this course, we recommend reviewing the FIRST LEGO League robot game guide.

This is the Line Following course, where you’ll explore essential techniques to help your LEGO robot follow a line with accuracy and stability! We will begin by covering the fundamental concepts of line following, starting with basic wobble line following, which teaches how robots detect and respond to lines. Then, we'll progress to more advanced methods like proportional line following, allowing smoother tracking by adjusting speed based on error values. Finally, you'll dive into the widely-used PID line following technique, where you'll learn how to tune parameters for optimal robot performance. Whether you're a beginner or looking to enhance your robotics skills, this course will guide you through building, coding, and refining your robot's line-following capabilities.

In this course, we demonstrate and explain example solutions for the FIRST LEGO League 2023-2024 MASTERPIECE competition using the Chain Monster box robot as a base, with custom-built attachments. Every year, we share our solutions and insights only after the season is over. The course is unique in its focus on multiple missions in a single run, showcasing runs that accomplish 3, 4, and even 5 missions. We then dive into the details of each specific mission. As you follow the course, try replicating the solutions to better understand the programs and explanations. This approach teaches students and teachers the principles of accomplishing missions in FLL robotics competitions and how to help your team score more points.

Before starting this course, we recommend reviewing the FIRST LEGO League robot game guide.

This is the fourth level of the LEGO Robotics Curriculum for students in second, third, or fourth grades.

Competitive Introduction Level: Each lesson has a theme related to various LEGO robotics competitions. Students learn about FIRST LEGO League, Line Following, and Sumo Wrestling. A new color sensor is introduced, and students use forever loops, wait until commands, and if/else statements in new ways.

This is the third level of the LEGO Robotics Curriculum for students in second, third, or fourth grades.

Carnival and Amusement Park Level. Each lesson has a theme related to carnivals and amusement parks. Students learn about physics concepts of inertia, center of mass, and centrifugal force. New ways of programming the force and distance sensors are introduced. We work with new concepts: forever loop, if/then, and if/else.

This is the second level of the LEGO Robotics Curriculum for second, third, and fourth-grade students.

In this level, we will focus on History and Mythology, with each lesson covering a different aspect of the ancient world. You will learn about a new distance sensor that uses ultrasound to help a watchtower robot detect invaders. We will also introduce new concepts such as loops, degrees, and a third motor. Additionally, you will learn how robots can perform two different tasks simultaneously.

In this course, we demonstrate and explain example solutions for the FIRST LEGO League 2022-2023 SUPER POWERED competition using the Kriket box robot as a base and building attachments for it. Every year, we share our solutions and our comments only after the season is over. The course is centred around MULTIPLE MISSIONS in a single run which is unique. We see runs with 3, 4 and even 5 missions. Then we enter into details around accomplishing the specific missions. You can follow the course, and as you go through each mission, try to replicate the solutions to understand the programs and explanations. This teaches students and teachers the principles of accomplishing missions in every FLL robotics competition and how to help your team score more points.

Before starting this course, we suggest you go through the FIRST LEGO League robot game guide

There is an additional course that does a review for the same competition but with a different robot - the Chain Monster. It present other principles of building attachments and shows different examples. Check out the other course also. FIRST LEGO League 2022-2023 Super Powered solutions and review with Chain Monster box robot from LEGO Education SPIKE Prime

The goal of this course is to help teachers, mentors and teams with a week by week schedule of how they could approach the FLL season if they have about 16 weeks, each week one class of 45 minutes. This course is complimentary to the already existing structure of Prepare for FIRST LEGO League Robot Game. The complete guide. The course gives an example of a structure based on weeks and classes.

The course also makes a few suggestions about the innovation project and how it could be approached.

This course is in the development.

In this course, we demonstrate and explain example solutions for the FIRST LEGO League 2022-2023 Super Powered competition. Every year, we share our solutions and our comments only after the season is over. The course is centred around MULTIPLE MISSIONS in a single run which is unique. We see runs with 3, 4 and even 5 missions. Then we enter into details around accomplishing the specific missions. You can follow the course, and as you go through each mission, try to replicate the solutions to understand the programs and explanations. This teaches students and teachers the principles of accomplishing missions in every FLL robotics competition and how to help your team score more points.

Before starting this course, we suggest you go through the FIRST LEGO League robot game guide

There is an additional course that does a review for the same competition but with a different robot - the Kriket box robots. It present other principles of building attachments and shows different examples. Check out the other course also. FIRST LEGO League 2022-2023 SUPERPOWERED solutions and review with Kriket Box robot from LEGO Education SPIKE Prime

Very often we need additional parts to build more complex attachments to increase our chance of winning the competition. These are parts outside of the LEGO Education SPIKE and LEGO Mindstorms sets. That is why, most teams decide to purchase parts that are not included in the official sets.

The FLLCasts team have prepared a list of recommended additional parts each team should have in order to be more successful. Of course, you can decide whether to buy more or less of each item depending on your budget.

Parts could often be found on bricklink.com and rebrickable.com

In the following course we would focus on the type of the recommended parts, share a list of them and publish tutorials on how these parts could be used to accomplish different missions. Our goal is to answer the questions "What could be done with LEGO?", "What parts are available 'out there'?

В много от занятията отборите работят върху един робот, като всеки отбор е отговорен за правилното реализиране на поетата от тях функционалност. Задълбочено се разглеждат задаването на входни стойности и използването на изходните стойности на всички блокове. Широко се използват променливи от трите основни типа: Integer, Boolean, Text. Роботите вече пазят богато вътрешно състояние, могат да броят, да изчисляват, да се обосновават логически, с помощта на което взимат много по-правилни решения. Въвежда се използването на паралелно изпълняващи се блокове.

To successfully advance at competitions we need to understand two concepts - how to reliably and consistently navigate the field and position the robot exactly where we need it to be on every run, and how to build attachments that would accomplish a mission model once we have reached it. This course is focused on the first part. The second part is the whole FLLCasts platform, but start at FIRST LEGO League with LEGO Mindstorms Robot Inventor. "Challenge" competition for 9-16 years old.

The goal of this course is to help you learn to program LEGO Robots using Scratch and make them behave consistently and reliably during competitions. As a language we use LEGO MINDSTORMS App Word Blocks which is based on Scratch. We look at a lot of concepts that could be used for FIRST LEGO League and World Robot Olympiad competitions - for example, how to follow a line fast, slow, in a smooth way, with 5 states. Also, how to align to lines, how to do double align, how to keep a straight line with a motion sensor.

Unfortunately, LEGO discontinued the robot series during the making of this course which is why it's kind of shortish. You could use the SPIKE Prime course for a more in-depth analysis.

This is the first level of the LEGO Robotics Curriculum for second, third, and fourth-grade students.

A "space adventure" but with robots. Different robot structures are built in Level A1. The motors are controlled so that the robots perform precise movements around the "Earth", "Moon" and "Sun". We use the force sensor to overcome various obstacles we bump into. We learn interesting facts about the solar system and space vehicles.

In this course, we demonstrate and explain example solutions for the FIRST LEGO League 2021-2022 Cargo Connect competition. Just like every year, we share solutions only after the season is over. In this course, you will find examples and principles of building attachments and will learn how to program consistent and reliable robots for each mission. You can follow the course, and as you go through each mission, try to replicate the solutions to understand the programs and explanations. Upon completion of the course, you will have many new ideas about how to approach the missions in every FLL robotics competition and how to help your team score more points.

Before starting this course, we suggest you go through the FIRST LEGO League robot game guide

Two fundamental concepts are essential for robotics competitions: ensuring the robot consistently navigates and positions itself accurately on the field and designing attachments that complete missions once the robot reaches its target. This course focuses on the first aspect - precise navigation and positioning - while the second is covered across the entire FLLCasts platform, starting with the FIRST LEGO League with LEGO Education SPIKE Prime. "Challenge" competition for 9-16 years old

The goal of this course is to help you learn how to program LEGO Education SPIKE Prime robots to operate consistently and reliably in competition settings. We use LEGO Education SPIKE App Word Blocks, a Scratch-based programming language, to teach key techniques applicable to FIRST LEGO League and World Robot Olympiad competitions. Topics covered include different methods for line following, such as fast, slow, smooth, and using multiple states, as well as techniques for line alignment, double alignment, and maintaining a straight path using the motion sensor.

The goal of this course is to take you through some of the most useful principles for building and using attachments to accomplish missions at FIRST LEGO League competitions. The whole course is based on a LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor and you need a single 51515 set and without additional parts (you will need a second color sensor for the lessons for using two color sensors, but feel free to skip them if you don't have it). For every mission there is a Scratch and Python program attachment. The course consists of 25 lessons suitable for beginner and advanced students. Every lessons consists of a video tutorial demonstrating the principle and how the mission could be accomplished along with building instructions for the robot, the attachment and programs for controlling the robot.

This course presents Solutions and Review of the FIRST LEGO League 2021 RePlay competition and it uses LEGO MIndstorms Robot Inventor as a base. It is a mirror course to the LEGO Education SPIKE course for the same competition. For each mission in the competition the course contains the rules for the mission, a tutorial how to accomplish it, instructions for the robot that is used and instructions for the attachment that is used. Every lesson also contains a Scratch and a Python program for accomplishing the mission and of course a 10 out of 10 tutorial that demonstrated how reliable the approach is. Upon completion of the course you will have many new ideas about how to approach mission on every FLL robotics competition and how to help your team score more points.

This course presents Solutions and Review of the FIRST LEGO League 2020-2021 RePlay competition. We do such a course every year after the competition. By moving through the course lessons, building the robot and attachment and completing the missions you will learn how to achieve FLL mission following good engineering principles for building robots, attachments and developing programs. Upon completion of the course you will have many new ideas about how to approach mission on every FLL robotics competition and how to help your team score more points.

This is the most detailed course we've ever created on preparing for a FIRST LEGO League robotics competition. It focuses on using LEGO Education SPIKE Prime to build a simple Box Robot. The course includes 25 lessons, making it suitable for both beginners and advanced students. It builds on over 10 years of experience providing example solutions and explanations for FIRST LEGO League robotics competitions.

This course is one of the popular courses in the FIRST LEGO League Robot Game. The Complete Guide. We highly recommend checking out the full guide!

This demo course is part of the Learn at Home program with LEGO Education SPIKE Prime. Learn more about the program at Learn at Home with LEGO Education SPIKE Prime. The course contains a few instructions and challenges that everybody could use after registration. It gives you the opportunity to try a couple of the instructions at FLLCasts for FREE and to play with your child for a couple of weeks. After the completion of the Demo course we would direct you the next one.

The goal of this course is to give structure. There are many resources at FLLCasts for other robotics sets and just some of the are about LEGO Education SPIKE Prime. Begin the course and we would help you with some structure of what to build next

You probably know that every year we're releasing a Solutions and Review course for the missions of FIRST LEGO League competitions challenges. This year the situation with the competition is a bit different, but here we are - sitting here, acting kinda normal, figuring out what robot should we build to accomplish every mission 10 times in a row.