Purple Block, Where to start

Select a Starting Position. Use [Drive for], [Turn for], [Spin to position], and [Spin for] blocks to code the Hero Bot to score one Purple Block to one of the three Goals. The fastest time wins!

• Select the VIQRC Virtual Skills - Full Volume Playground.
• Select the “Starting Position” button for choosing a starting position for the robot.
• Select a letter to choose a desired starting position.
• Reset the timer to time the process.
• Drive the robot to a Purple Block.
• Code the robot to spin the Intake Motor Group to pick up the Purple Block.
• Code the robot to spin the Arm Motor Group to raise the Arm to a desired position for scoring.
• Drive the robot toward the closest Goal.
• Code the robot to spin the Intake Motor Group to drop the Purple Block into the Goal.
• Use the [print] block to print the timer value to the Print Console.

Helpful Hints

• To choose a starting position for the robot, select the “Starting Position” button in the Virtual Skills Window.

  

• For help with selecting the starting position and changing the starting position, please see this article.
• Use the reset timer block from the Sensing category to reset the timer back to 0 seconds before driving the robot to pick up the Purple Block.

  

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• Use the Reporter blocks from the Sensing category to get the timer value.

  

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• Use the print block from the Look category to print the values to the Print Console.

  

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