Introduction

In this Lesson you will learn about how to code your robot to drive and use the claw autonomously, and how path planning can help you accomplish this task more easily. Then, you will apply this information to collect cubes with your Simple Clawbot the fastest in the Clawbot Collector Challenge. Watch the animation below to see one way that the Simple Clawbot could move the three Cubes autonomously.

In this animation, the Simple Clawbot begins in the lower left corner of the Field, directly opposite the first red Cube. Near the opposite wall, a red, green, and blue Cube are placed on the black line intersections. The robot drives forward, grasps the red Cube, reverses, then turns around to drive back toward its starting location to place the red Cube at the near wall. It repeats this behavior for the other two Cubes, moving from left to right to move all three. As each Cube is successfully moved, it is checked off to the side, and the timer runs for the entirety of the project, about 35 seconds.

Select Next > to learn about path planning and using Drivetrain and Motion blocks in a VEXcode IQ project.