How do you perceive the world? And how can a robot do it? Here is one of the ways!
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- 01 Jul 2022
The force sensor is one way our robot can sense the world around it. The sensor is something like a weighing machine, which, instead of being very wide for our whole body, is just one axle.
The robot can use such a sensor as a button to sense when someone has pressed it or when it has bumped into something. If it needs more precision, it can also measure the force of a push or a touch.
Courses and lessons with this Tutorial
This Tutorial is used in the following courses and lessons
Level A1 - Space Adventure - Robotics with LEGO SPIKE Prime
That 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.
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Lesson 6 - Launching into space
In the next lesson we usually do a graduation. Write down your impressions about the students and the reasons why they have the grades you gave them.
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