Robot
Explain the most innovative part of your robot and your code
Eyeballs
Square Design
Outer Wheel support
Sensor Placement
Wire Management
Line Stops
Gyro Turns
Motor Calibrations
Broadcasting
What was the most helpful resource you used in your research, and what did you learn from it?
Websites (CDC, National Society of Autism)- fact on autism and background
Professionals- Autism, Special Ed, Marketing, Film Makers- tools, color, QR codes, ...
Video - Mark Rover - Personal Experience, Autism behaviors, Super Powers
Pilot Team- what worked and didn't work, use of stations, not having distractions, ...
How did you manage time to get everything done?
Split the practices to spend time on the robot game, core values, and project
Created Timelines for the project and robot (learned at 3M)
Project Meter
Splitting up the Work
Name a field trip that the team participated in that involved learning and sharing with professionals
1. Pars Visit and sharing robot design and robot game
2. 3M Project Management Training for brainstorming and project tools
3. Tour of Walker with Museum curator to talk about the outdoor art pieces
How did you decide which missions to accomplish and which pathway you would take?
Scoring Matrix Assessment (distance, points, difficulty)
Limiting paths across the table (1 time across)
combining missions close to each other or with same attachment
Adding new missions after finding they were not too difficult or we had more time
Eliminating the experts as they were too timing consuming and less points
How did you select the problem to work on?
Field trips to learn about the area of art (museum, concert, musical)
Brainstorming session at 3M
Getting ideas from professionals (music teachers, band directors, special ed, ...)
Using the scoring matrix
voting on top 3 with paddles/white boards
How did your team split up the work this season?
created team jobs - technicians, programmers, costumes, props/special effects, scripts, photos, ...
split presentations to all members
Name two examples of team outreach activities
1. Operation Christmas Child Boxes
2. FMSC (2 times)
3. Ronald Mc Donald Lego Kits
4. Scouting STEAM and Robot Badges
5. Mighty Oaks Mentoring
6. Upcoming: Miracle League Volunteers
How did your robot design change over the season?
Moved the motors for balance
Added anchor to motor
Added pegs to the plow for grip
Moved our sensors in front of motorized wheels this season for line stops and follows
Made the robot smaller switching to frames
Different ideas for the delivery of the audience
Changing the flipper to make it stronger from the axel
Change to the bananas from the forklift idea
How did you share the information?
Sharing with our professionals and special ed teachers for input
Open House for parents and teachers
Created a QR Code
Added to our webstie
Shared on social media
Share a conflict and how your team resolves conflict
Attachment Names, Cheer Ideas, Roles for Skit, Attachment Ideas for Statue, Picking Groups, Skit Theme, Picking Project Idea
1. Team Voting Paddles
2. Compromises
3. Relying on Testing
4. Scoring Matrix
Share 2 experiences the team took to explore the field of art for project ideas
1. Outdoor Concert at Como
2. Art Party at Coaches House
3. Walker Art Museum tour
4. Wizard of Oz Musical
How did you make sure everyone on your team developed their building and coding skills?
Mentoring each other
Coding Camps over summer
everyone programmed at least one mission
watching programming tip videos
Watching the missions for ideas to improve the code
Printing the codes to copy (library)
How did you come up with the presentation style or skit?
We all thought of movies or characters that could be used for a fun skit. We focused on movies that had enough characters for everyone to have part. Wanted the judges to know about it. Voted as a team for the Wizard of Oz option
What is the most important thing you learned this season? (Big Picture Learning)
public speaking, teamwork, time management, resolving conflicts, programming/coding, autism awareness, leadership, ....
Name 4 examples of FUN
Tell about the testing you did on the robot
Tested the robot design, wheels, and speed. We also tested the missions for accuracy
Straight line test- drove it along a line and measure deviation
90 Degree turn- had the robot turn 90 degrees and measure the degrees off
wheels and speed- kept all variables the same but wheels and speed to see which drove the straightest
Ran the missions and kept track if they passed or failed
What existing solutions are out there? How have other people tried to solve the problem you identified?
Inviting them to existing team, Tools used in school setting (but not Lego Leagues)
What does Gracious Professionalism mean to you? Describe a way that your Team has displayed Gracious Professionalism™
Competing fiercely (high quality work) with the respect for those around us (value others and learn from others)
1. Quiet in queuing areas
2. Holding doors open for other teams
3. Visiting pits of other teams and learning about their seasons and teams
4. respect for our coaches and teammates
5. Thanking the volunteers
What was one way the team shared FLL with the community?
2. Trail Life STEAM Night
3. Daisy Scouts robotics badges
4. Fundraisers