Lego Mindstorms Basics
Circles
Turning and Straight Ahead
iPad/Computer Basics
Misc
100
The NXT was the older model of teaching robot Central used. What is the current robot called?
What is EV3.
100
This is the distance from the center of a circle to the edge of the circle.
What is the radius?
100
A turn where one wheel stays still and the other wheel turns
What is a swing turn?
100
Where you go on campus for tech help
What is Mrs. Shanahan/Library
100
How do you turn on the robot?
Center button
200
Schools across the country switched to a new model of lego mindstorms robot largely because the new model works seamlessly with this piece of apple technology
What is the iPad?
200
pi times r times r is the formula for the ____ of a circle (not used in class)
What is area?
200
A turn where one wheel moves forward and the other wheel moves backwards at the same power level
What is a point turn
200
When a series of code repeats for a finite or infinite amount of times it is in a ___
What is loop?
300
Your robot has this many motors
What are 3?
300
pi times diameter
What is circumference?
300
If a given robot has a point-turn radius of 16 cm, its swing-turn radius would be this
What is 32 cm
300
What color is a wait block?
What is orange
300
This is a special type of software that allows the lego robot to understand and run the programs that you write. It needed to be updated before we started working.
What is firmware?
400
The medium motor controls this part of the robot
What is the arm?
400
If a robot's swing-turning circumference is 36 cm, how many cm would the robot's motor need to turn for a 90 degree turn?
What is the 9 cm?
400
The sensor that is used to Move Until Near is
What is sonar/ultrasonic
400
What color is a movement block
What is green
400
This wireless communication technology connects your ipad to your robot and does not require wifi
What is bluetooth
500
Where can programs NOT be saved to? A. The ipad B. The robot brick C. The battery pack
What is the battery pack
500
The _________ of the wheels of your robots is roughly 17 cm.
What is the circumference?
500
When a robot can follow two divergent strings of code depending on the return value of a sensor, this is called a _____.
What is switch?
500
If a robot cannot complete a task because something is physically preventing it from being completed, when will the robot stop trying to complete the given task?
Never/When the batteries die.
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