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Mini-Challenge

Use Drivetrain and Motion blocks to pick up the blue Alliance Mobile Goal and move it to the blue Alliance Home Zone to score 20 points.

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Follow these steps to complete the challenge:

  • Watch the solution video to see how Moby should move in order to complete the challenge.
  • Create a new VEXcode VR blocks project.
  • Rename the project Lesson2Challenge. View these articles from the VEX Library for more information on how to rename your project.
  • Launch the Virtual Skills window.
  • Set your starting configuration to position D, facing West (towards the blue Alliance Mobile Goal), with zero Preload Rings. For steps on how to select Moby's starting location, see this VEX Library article.

Starting Point
Choose zero Preloads, and select starting position D, facing West, towards the blue Alliance Mobile Goal.
  • Add the blocks necessary to pick up and score the blue Alliance Mobile Goal in the blue Alliance Home Zone.
  • Start your project to test if it works.
  • If the project is not successful, edit and try again. Continue this process until the challenge is complete.
  • Once Moby successfully scores the blue Alliance Mobile Goal in the blue Alliance Home Zone, check the score to make sure that you have a total of 20 points — 20 points for each Mobile Goal scored in the Alliance Home Zone.
  • Save your project. View these articles from the VEX Library for more information on how to save your project.

Congratulations! You have successfully completed the challenge!


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