Building Instructions -

• EV3-G

I was looking around the house and thought, "This will be fun for the kids—let’s build a coffee machine." Little did I know just how fun it would be!

Built from the LEGO SPIKE Core Set 45678 and the LEGO SPIKE Expansion Set 45680, this coffee machine has a lid that can be opened and closed, and it's the perfect size for the hands of a 6–10-year-old child.

What my daughters did with it was have coffee with their other toys. They had fun building it, and found it especially exciting that the lid could open and close. As an engineer, I also took the opportunity to tell them a bit about the valve on the machine and why it's needed.

Best ~2 hours of play for this week!

Estimated weekly play time: ~2 hours in total.

This robot looks a bit weird. Can you guess why? The motors are placed in opposite directions. One of the motors is facing "forward" while the other one is facing "backward." This means that if you tell both motors to rotate forward, the robot will just spin! To make the robot move forward, you will need to make one motor rotate forward and the other backward.

The goal of this robot is to teach students that motors can be placed in various ways. It is not always the case that both motors face the same direction, and this needs to be accounted for during programming.

These are instructions on how to build the:

• Bench

You can find more building instructions and tips and tricks about the competition on this page.

This is a module that is made to look like a mantis' pincers and head. The pincers are powered by a medium motor and the head has an ultrasonic sensor for eyes. This module is used in Mantissa, a LEGO Mindstorms EV3 mantis robot.

These are instructions on how to build the:

• Red Building Units

for the FIRST LEGO League 2019-2020 City Shaper Challenge.

You can find more building instructions and tips and tricks about the competition on this page.

This is the good not so old Pesho Bot Chassis with a "two bars" lifting mechanism and a hand. It can be build with any set. Only the omni-wheels are extra, but what is a good robot without an omni-wheels.

The program for this robot is at programs/a6hrcz-pesho-bot-with-two-bars-lifting-mechanism-controls-with-modkit

The data log from the experiment when moving forward and keeping straight with an implementation for Proportional compensation. 

FIRST^® LEGO^® League mission requirements need to be achieved by your robot through its programs and its use of equipment. You’re allowed to hand-rescue your robot, but that does cause this penalty. Be sure to pay extra attention to the rules where they talk about “Interruptions"

Penalty

• If you interrupt the robot: minus 3 each time
• Possible penalty totals: −18, −15, −12, −9, −6, −3, 0

Scoring Requirements

• Interruption needs to be observed by the referee.
• Upon penalty, the referee will place one penalty disc in the southeast triangle as a permanent interruption marker.
• You can get up to six such penalties.
• If a penalty disc comes off the triangle, it is simply returned, with no effect on score.

(mission descriptions source https://www.first-lego-league.org/)

This is the initial construction of a catapult. The base on which we will place the rest of the robot. The goal of this construction is to give the catapult the ability to rotate.

A FIRST LEGO League 2023-2024 attachment for the MiniBox Robot.

The offset beam creates a hook-like motion when rotating the gear, making "hooking" in loops an easy task.

This attachment is a great example for a precise drop attachment. It is designed for the Kriket Box Robot and accomplishes the M14 Toy Factory mission from the FIRST LEGO League 2022-2023 SUPER POWERED competition.

This is an attachment for the Kriket Box robot that accomplishes multiple missions. The missions are connected with Push and Collect actions and are from the FIRST LEGO League 2022-2023 SUPER POWERED competition. The attachment is a little different than the recording because we improved it a little after that

This is an active attachment with gears built from LEGO Education SPIKE Prime robotics set. The goal is to do a precise drop. The attachment could be used for both cargo items.

The orange connector is part of the Smart Grid mission. These are 3D building instructions for the mission model. Parts are located in Bag 5

This attachment demonstrates the principle of dropping a part inside a container. It uses parts only from the LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor 51515 set. The goal of the attachment is to release a lever that is holding the wheel.

This attachment demonstrates pushing and pulling with a circular motion. It is useful for FIRST LEGO League competitions where you can grad a mission model and bring it back to base or push/pull on a lever.

These are instructions on how to build the:

• Cargo plane
• 1x Gray container

You can find more building instructions and tips and tricks about the competition at this page.

This is a LEGO Education SPIKE Prime robot attachment for accomplishing the FIRST LEGO League 2020 Replay Cell Phone mission . The attachment is designed for Gazon, LEGO Education SPIKE Prime competition robot.

This is a LEGO Education SPIKE Prime robot attachment for accomplishing the FIRST LEGO League 2020 Replay Tire Flip mission . The attachment is designed for Gazon, LEGO Education SPIKE Prime competition robot.

Drop mission model developed with a LEGO Education SPIKE Prime. The mission is to move and drop and object in the mission model. This triggers the mission model. It is a popular mission at FLL competitions. In 3D building instructions for you to construct.