Let’s learn machines, material properties, electronics, tools, energy, and of course safety. We’ll compete on teams building AntWeight Combat Robots.
Class Mission: LEARN – BUILD – BATTLE.
We will aim for 40 minutes of each, for 8 weeks, with a Fight Night around week 6.
Let the games begin!
MATERIALS:
- 1″ Binder
- Grid Notebook such as but not necessarily this exact one (Pen+gear 100 Sheets Quad Notebook, 4×4, 10.5″ x 8″)
- Pencils, calculator
- Ruler
- CREATIVITY
LINKS:
WEEK 1:
Learn: draw basic circuit, draw basic parts of a robot
Build: Build the chassis, wheels, hubs, and gearmotors.
Battle: Battle the MomBot and SharkBot.
- Sign everyone in.
- Opening Battle
- Presentation
- Draw Basic Parts of a Robot
- Demonstrate a basic circuit,
- students take turns creating a circuit.
- Watch the videos below on how to draw a circuit diagram,
- then draw your basic circuit.
- Demonstrate the construction of the JiggleBot.
- Build: Chassis laser cut, and Wheels, Hubs, GearMotors inserted.
- Kahoot Games
Kahoot
- Robots 101 (Pre-Assessment)
- BattleBots Quiz
- Engineer
- Famous Robots
- Robot Quiz – Introduction
- Material Science
- Wacky Robot Facts
WEEK 2:
Learn: draw wiring schematic, review parts of robot and simple circuit
Build: Build the wiring for the robot.
Battle: Battle the MomBot and SharkBot, as well as any completed bots
- Sign everyone in.
- Opening Battle
- Presentation
- QUIZ Basic Parts of a Robot,
- Draw a basic circuit drawing,
- Learn our wiring schematic, vocabulary of each part
- Watch the videos below on different wiring tips
- Build: All wiring connected and inserted into chassis.
- Kahoot Games
WEEK 3:
Learn: Draw wires into wiring schematic, Series and Parallel Circuits, Review previous lessons
Build: Complete the wiring for the robot.
Battle: Battle the MomBot and SharkBot, as well as any completed StudentBots
- Opening Battle of the YouTubers Combat Robots video
- Video on Robots from Boston Dynamics, What is an engineer, and lipo batteries
- QUIZ Basic Parts of a Robot, three types of circuit, name the parts of our robot
- Draw our wiring schematic
- Kahoot vocabulary
- Build: All wiring connected and inserted into chassis, Design!!
- BATTLE your bots!
- See below videos at home this week!
WEEK 4:
Learn: Learn about Ohm’s Law, Review previous lessons
Build: Complete the wiring for the robot and begin to figure out aesthetics.
Battle: Battle the MomBot and SharkBot, as well as any completed StudentBots
- Opening Battle of the YouTubers Combat Robots video
- Electron Vocabulary video
- QUIZ Basic Parts of a Robot, three types of circuit, name the parts of our robot
- Draw our wiring schematic
- Ohm’s Law Video, learn to solve problems
- Kahoot vocabulary
- Build: All wiring connected and inserted into chassis, Design!!
- BATTLE your bots!
- See below videos at home this week!
WEEK 5:
Learn: Learn about OnShape
Build: Complete the wiring for the robot and begin to figure out aesthetics.
Battle: Battle the MomBot and SharkBot, as well as any completed StudentBots
- Watch the Mom and Teenbot battle with their new Servos and Weapons.
- Take Self-Paced Online OnShape classes. Six FREE videos. First create an Educator or Student account/login.
- Build: Design weapon to laser cut and mount onto your Servo!!
- BATTLE your bots!
- See below videos at home this week!
WEEK 6:
Learn: Review everything.
Build: Laser cut or 3D print or Servo installation.
Battle: Battle the MomBot and SharkBot, as well as any completed StudentBots
- Opening Battle
- Presentation: See some robot design ideas.
- Open building day.
- Laser cut weapons for StudenBots.
- BATTLE your bots!
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