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Prepare for the Remix Challenges - Python

Before you begin your project, select the correct example project. The Clawbot Controller with Events example project contains the Clawbot motors and sensors configuration. If the template is not used, your robot will not run the project correctly.

For more information about any of the instructions, visit the Python help section in VEXcode V5.  

  • Select File and Open Examples.VEXcode V5 Toolbar with the File menu open and Open Examples highlighted in a red box. Open Examples is the fourth menu item beneath New Blocks Project, New Text Project, and Open.
  • Scroll through the different Example projects. Select the Clawbot Controller with Events example project. 

An Icon reads Clawbot Controller with Events on the bottom with a blue Controller with clawbot above.

  • Name the project ClawbotController. 
  • Save the project.

Project name dialog box in VEXcode V5 reads Clawbot Controller and shows that Slot 1 is selected.

  • Check to make sure the project name ClawbotController is now in the window in the center of the toolbar. The Clawbot is now properly configured, and the Clawbot Controller with Events project is ready for use.

Now, take a look at how the instructions are being used in this project. In your engineering notebooks, make the following predictions:

  • What’s happening when you run this project? What will the Clawbot be able to do?
  • What would happen if we didn’t use the while and wait instructions in the callback functions for each controller button event?