Program Joint Movement

To ensure the arm mounted on the VEX V5 Workcell does not move too quickly, select and drag the [Set joint speed] block from the ‘Arm’ category in the Tool Box and attach it to the [Set tool] block.
Set the speed to ‘slow.’
Select and drag the [Joint move] block from the ‘Arm’ category in the Tool Box and attach it to the [Set joint speed] block.
Input the (x, y, z) coordinates of the location above Point 1 into the [Joint move] block.]
Select and drag another [Joint move] block from the ‘Arm’ category in the Tool Box and attach it to the first [Joint move] block.
Input the (x, y, z) coordinates of Point 1 into the second [Joint move] block.
Select and drag another [Joint move] block from the ‘Arm’ category in the Tool Box and attach it to the second [Joint move] block.
Input the (x, y, z) coordinates of Point 2 into the third [Joint move] block.
Download and run the project.

Note: if the dry-erase marker is not drawing well, adjust the z-axis values to provide more force.
Observe that the arm mounted on the V5 Workcell drew an arc (joint motion) between Point 1 and Point 2 using the dry-erase marker.
Stop the project.

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