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Answer the following questions in your engineering notebook as you design your project.

  1. What type of robot dance will you create? Explain with details.

  2. What types of loops will you use and why?

  3. What steps will you follow to test the dance? Explain with details.

In order to help you plan, click one of the following links for a few example dance moves that you might include in the Clawbot's dance (Google Doc / .docx / .pdf).

Follow the steps below as you create your project:

  1. Plan out the dance using drawings and pseudocode (Google Doc / .docx / .pdf).
  2. Use the pseudocode you created to develop your project using VEXcode V5.
  3. Open the Clawbot Template (Drivetrain 2-motor, No Gyro) example project.The example projects menu is open and the Templates category is selected. The 'Clawbot (Drivetrain two motor, No Gyro)' example project is highlighted with a red box.
  4. Name the project GrooveMachine and select Save.Rename project dialog box is opened in the VEXcode V5 Toolbar. Slot 1 is selected and the project name is being changed to 'Groove Machine'.
  5. Run your project to test it often and iterate on it using what you learned from your testing.
  6. Share your final project with your teacher.

 

If you're having trouble getting started, review the following in VEXcode V5:

  • Example projects VEXcode V5 Toolbar with the File menu open, and Open Examples selected with a red arrow. 'Open Examples' is the sixth item in the menu, beneath 'New Blocks Project', 'New Text Project', 'New Virtual Skills Blocks Project', 'New Virtual Skills Text Project', and 'Load From Your Device'.
  • To access additional information while creating a program, right click on the question mark next to the instruction in your work space to see additional information about it. The VEXcode V5 Help Menu is open and showing the Help information for the Drive block. The Help icon in the upper right corner is highlighted, illustrating what to select to open the Help information for a block.
  • Review previous versions of your RepeatingActions project to assist with creating your new project.