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Code Base to the left with Colonel Jo behind the robot. To the left of Jo in the background is a VEXcode project to indicate that students will be coding in the Unit.

Code Base

4 Labs

Use the Code Base and its sensor iterations to explore robot behaviors, controls, commands, and sensors through navigation challenges.

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Side view of a Code Base robot.

Lab 1

Remote Control Robot

Total Time: 40 minutes

Remote control drive the Code Base using the Drive mode. Then test your skills in a slalom course competition!

How do I drive the Code Base using the Drive mode in VEXcode GO?

Build: Code Base

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Side view of a Code Base robot on a GO Field set up as a slalom course. The robot is positioned between the first two obstacles.

Lab 2

Code and Drive

Total Time: 40 minutes

Learn to drive your Code Base using code in VEXcode GO, then apply those skills to drive a challenge course!

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Side view of a Code Base robot with the LED Bumper attached to the top and glowing green.

Lab 3

Using the LED Bumper

Total Time: 40 minutes

Add the LED Bumper to the Code Base and explore the functions of the LED Bumper.

What is the LED Bumper and what does it do?

Build: Code Base - LED Bumper Top

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Code Base Eye Forward robot on a 2 by 2 GO Field. Three colored disks are attached vertically on the Field so the eye sensor can detect the color of the disks.

Lab 4

Color Disk Maze

Total Time: 40 minutes

Use the Code Base 2.0 - Eye Forward to detect objects and colors. Use this sensor data to navigate a disk maze.

What is the Eye Sensor and what can it do?

Build: Code Base - Eye Forward

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