Sphero Obstacle course

Question 1

0. Preparation/Equipment

Answer 1

1. Get iPad Pros
2. Make sure Sphero bolt is charged
3. Get obstacle items and targets
4. Create 3 obstacles (around, over, through)
5. Build a program that can reliably complete one of the obstacles.
6. Build or select a fun animation for bolt

Question 2

1. Introduction and Demo (10)

Answer 2

1. Connect demo iPad to forum display
2. Introductions. Have you ever seen a robot? who is your favorite robot? What is a robot?
3. a special kind of computer that can move and carry out actions in the real world. We can give special instructions to the robot so it knows what to do. The instructions are called code.
4. What makes robots useful to humans? go where we can’t, dont get bored, follow instructions without making mistakes
5. we are going to learn how to work with code to control our robot to help it overcome obstacles
6. Introduce Sphero
7. create new program, demo aim
8. Demo roll and delay (yo-yo)
9. keep it on the ground, standing boundary, sphero boundary, take turns

Question 3

2. Program Your Robot (20)

Answer 3

1. Have each team/participant pick an animation mascot
2. Show how to make a square
3. adding delay for crispness

Question 4

3. obstacles (20)

Answer 4

1. demo one of the obstacles
2. give the rest of the time for solving the challenges
3. add celebratory animation

Question 5

4. Celebration and Wrap-up

Answer 5

1. What was your favorite part of the challenge?
2. What make some obstacles harder than others?
3. Was it hard to make Sphero do what you wanted?