Dot and Dash's Journey to Victory written by Sadie and edited by Hannah

photo credit: Leeya

This week, my partner and I have the tool Dot and Dash. We are programming it to drive from the starting line, to the finish line. We have created a course that is supposed to resemble Dash as the referee to a soccer game but he is late, so he has to take the short, but dangerous path. The first step to our project is making a design. Then, we made a course for Dash to journey through the maze. We started with building two spikes for Dash to weave through before coming to a bridge for him to go under. Then he turns around and continues with going over the bridge. Last, he makes a turn or two before reaching the finish line. My partner and I predicted that the hardest part will be programming Dot and Dash but we haven't started that part yet. So far, the hardest part was creating support for Dash to successfully make it over the bridge without crashing into it! My partner and I are having a lot of fun with the Dot and Dash.   

Presentation Day!

We did so well with our first round of technology rotations in our design teams and now we are moving on to round two! We wanted to share what we made with the world so please enjoy:

Robotic Cat by Alex and Hannah

Hanukkiah with LittleBits by Eva and Rachel

Dash Rescues Dot by Ben and Nate

SPRK Obstacle Course by Charlie and Abigail

It's All Fun and Games with Lego Robotics by Ryan and Wendell

Scratch and Makey Makey by Amelia and Drew

Musical LittleBits by Leeya and Molly

Lego Robotics Candy Dispenser by Ashley and Sadie

Build a Computer with Kano by Lexi and Sarah

Robotic Cat by Hannah

This week my partner and I were working on ourHummingbird robotics project. We are creating a cat that moves its arm and has blinking eyes and mouth.It is quite hard to get all the wires and connections right, but we are figuring it out. In addition, we are going to present the cat on May 4, 2017. I learned a lot of new things like, that black is always negative, what a servo is, and how to create a sequence. This was a great work week and I can't wait to see what we are working with next week!