Preview
- Grade(s): 9-12
- Time: 180
Description
- Students will add three VEX Infrared Line Trackers and one Optical Sensor to the Workcell system.
- Students will explore how to use conditional blocks, custom My Blocks, and motor control blocks are used to control the conveyors and use Line Tractors to detect the colored disks.
- After the students have explored these concepts, they will demonstrate their knowledge by completing a challenge. The challenge will be to create a project that moves six colored disks from the Entry Conveyor to their designated locations using sensors and conveyors.
Essential Question(s)
- How do sensors work with conveyor systems?
Understanding(s)
Students will understand:
- The advantages of a V5 Robotic Arm working in coordination with a conveyor system.
- How sensors work with conveyor systems.
Objective(s)
- Follow a procedure to attach sensors and diverters to the conveyor.
- Build a project to allow the V5 Robotic Arm to select a disk and place it in a known location using sensors and conveyors.
Vocabulary
- Continuous Production
- This is when a product is produced with a continual motion throughout the manufacturing process, often this happens on a production line which is manufacturing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Batch Production
- Consists of smaller groups or bunches of products being produced at a time. This type of production is often used when there is a need for higher quality products or there are a lower number of products needed to be produced.
- Production to Order
- A process where the customer provides specifics for production of a product. This is also known as made to order or built to order.
- Just-in-time Manufacturing/Lean Manufacturing
- A strategy where raw materials are ordered just slightly ahead of when the production of the product needs to be accomplished.
- Production to Stock
- A strategy intended to match the production of a product as close as possible to the demand of the product.
- Threshold
- A value which is set to indicate the reading at which a sensor will indicate an action has occurred.
Materials Needed
| Quantity | Materials Needed |
|---|---|
| 1 |
V5 Robotic Arm |
| 1 |
VEXcode V5 |
| 1 |
Engineering Notebook |
| 1 |
Device to run VEXcode V5 |
| 1 |
Micro-USB cable |
| 6 |
Colored Disks (2x red, 2x green, and 2x blue) |
Educational Standard(s)
- Next Generation Science Standards HS-ETS1-2: Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering.
- Computer Science Teacher Association CSTA 3A-AP-18: Create artifacts by using procedures within a program, combinations of data and procedures, or independent but interrelated programs.
- Next Generation Science Standards HS-ETS1-4: Models (e.g., physical, mathematical, computer models) can be used to simulate systems and interactions—including energy, matter, and information flows—within and between systems at different scales.
- Computer Science Teacher Association CSTA 3A-AP-13: Create prototypes that use algorithms to solve computational problems by leveraging prior student knowledge and personal interests.