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Example of a Bucky Basketball match in action with an EXP CatapultBot getting ready to shoot a Buckyball into the hoop.

Bucky Basketball

4 Lessons

In this Unit, you will explore how to drive the CatapultBot to collect, shoot, and score Buckyballs into hoops in the Bucky Basketball competition!

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VEX EXP CatapultBot build.

Lesson 1: Introduction

In this Lesson, you will build the CatapultBot, and charge your Controller and Battery.

The CatapultBot on the Field shooting a Buckyball towards a basketball hoop constructed of EXP parts at the edge of the Field.

Lesson 2: Driving the CatapultBot

In this Lesson, you will learn how the CatapultBot's intake and catapult work and how to drive it using the Controller to compete in the Buckyball Basket Challenge!

The Bucky Basketball Field with two red buckyballs on the Field, and the Catapultbot opposite the basketball hoop, having just put a buckyball into the hoop.

Lesson 3: Bucky Basketball Competition

In this Lesson, you will apply your learning from the previous Lessons to compete in the Bucky Basketball competition!

A red light bulb icon.

Lesson 4: Conclusion

In this Lesson, you will reflect on the Unit and identify connections between what you have done and a connected STEM career.