Transport Two Colored Disks
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Activity Outline
- In this activity, students will be introduced to conveyor systems. Students will build a project to move two disks (red and green) through a conveyor system.
- Students will program a red disk to be diverted off the conveyor system, and program a green disk to travel through the system and stop in front of the arm mounted on the VEX V5 Workcell.
- Students will be introduced to using blocks from the ‘Motion’ category in VEXcode V5 in their project to control the diverter and different conveyors with their associated motors.
- Students will begin the activity by opening the ‘Arm Workcell - No Sensors’ example project.
| Quantity | Materials Needed |
|---|---|
| 1 |
VEX V5 Workcell |
| 1 | |
| 1 |
Engineering Notebook |
| 1 |
Device to run VEXcode V5 |
| 1 |
Micro-USB cable |
| 2 |
Colored Disks (1x red and 1x green) |
Teacher Tips
- Ensure the V5 Battery is charged before beginning.
- Ensure the V5 Brain is connected to a device before beginning.
- Point students to the VEX Robotics Knowledge Base if they have further questions about VEXcode V5 or the hardware.
- Ensure students have their mastering values readily available from Lab 1.
- Students may need to adjust the value of the [Wait] blocks when testing the conveyors to ensure they spin long enough to transfer the disk.
- Ensure the blocks from the ‘Motion’ category have the correct motor name, if not, the conveyors may not spin properly.
- Before testing multiple iterations of the ‘Divert red disk’ portion of this project, ensure the Diverter is in the proper location before starting. If not, manually move the Diverter to the proper starting location.
In this section, you will be introduced to conveyor systems. You will build a project to move two disks (red and green) through a conveyor system.
You will program a red disk to be diverted off the conveyor system, and program a green disk to travel through the system and stop in front of the arm mounted on the VEX V5 Workcell.
You will be introduced to using blocks from the ‘Motion’ category in VEXcode V5 in their project to control the diverter and different conveyors with their associated motors.
You will begin the activity by opening the ‘Arm Workcell - No Sensors’ example project.