Grade 9 - VEX ROBOTICS
CHALLENGE 1
Crash Test Dummies (Not the band)
Your challenge is to create a robot that can drive forward and stop before hitting an obstacle
Your robot will have to drive forward a certain amount (5 m)
There will be a random obstacle (a ‘wall’) that will be placed along the robot path
The robot must stop before hitting the obstacle (it should detect the obstacle from 40 cm away)
Extra step: The robot drives around the obstacle
Challenge 2
Putting Green
Your challenge is to build a robot that can putt a golf ball automatically (Not using remote control)…here’s what you need to know:
Your robot will push a golf ball towards a hole, there is a line that the robot cannot cross, this is known as the cutoff line
User’s can not use controller to control your robot, you must program your robot beforehand
How your robot pushes the ball is up to you
Extra step: The ball will be placed behind your robot, it will have to turn around and retrieve the ball first.
Challenge 3
Stacking blocks
Find the instructions for vex armbot here.
Your team must program the following:
1. Armbot will pick up a ball that is in front of it.
2. Armbot will grip the ball and rotate 180 degrees.
3. Armbot will place the ball down in front of it.
4. Armbot will return to the original position.
5. Extra Step: using the controller to stack three blocks on top of one another