Step 4: Designing Your Course
Teacher Tips
Have your students add a symbol or drawing for the VEX V5 Speedbot that is at scale to help them recognize whether their course's size can accommodate the robots.
Step 4
Sketch a race course within the scaled area that you made in your engineering notebook. Keep in mind the size of the VEX V5 Speedbot and how it is represented in the scale that you used. The robot should be able to navigate the course without leaving the sides of the race course.
Try to be as creative as possible with your course by adding multiple turns and straightaways. Use arrows or other symbols to indicate the direction the robot on the race course should travel in. In addition, indicate the location of the starting and finishing lines using a symbol or lines.