F16_TEJ3M_Unit1

Unit 1 - Vex Robotics Online tutorials at http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/previews/robot_c_products/teaching_rc_cortex_v2/?_ga=1.242792066.1217147374.1474597394


 * == Week == || == Course Work == || == Important Dates == ||
 * [[image:wk6.JPG]] || October 10 - Thanksgiving - No School

Oct 11 Oct 4-6 Oct 7 - PA day - no school for you || Quick Quiz - how much do you remember - Oct 3 Design Docs due for feedback - Oct 6 || Sept 27 Sept 28-30 Sept 20 Sept 21 Sept 22 Sept 23 Sept 13 Sept 14 Sept 15 Sept 16 Sept 7 Sept 8 Sept 9
 * Start of Computers Unit
 * What is a computer
 * Next day(s) to work on Robots is Thursday and Friday ||  ||
 * [[image:wk5.jpg]] || Oct 3
 * Continue with work on Robots and programming.
 * Quick Quiz to see what you have absorbed thus far.
 * take a look at this link - it will help set up your cortex with the joystick. http://www.robotc.net/wikiarchive/Tutorials/Getting_Started/Getting_Started_with_the_VEX_CORTEX
 * Other startup docs on VEXnet and quickstart with cortex have been loaded on the Google Drive
 * Use this site to help you program how your robot will move http://www.robotc.net/tutor/Cortex/cortex.php?platform=Cortex&unit=robotcfundamentals&lesson=2
 * Keep working on your robots and design reports
 * Design booklets will be handed in on Thursday
 * [[image:wk4.JPG]] || Sept 26
 * Installed RobotC on computers
 * Continued with build and design
 * Returned Design Docs with sheet of expectations of the document
 * Showed RobotC.net location and notes and programming snippets. Can be a great resource
 * Continue to design and build your robots. ||  ||
 * [[image:wk3.JPG]] || Sept 19
 * Providing copies of the claw bot to help groups get their ideas together.
 * Introduction to programming and its concepts
 * Practise putting steps in logical order and making it real
 * Continue with build
 * Programmers get ideas of what you need to program (which parts you need to access) and what the program must do
 * Builders - today start of cutting and more making
 * Continue with builds/programming ideas
 * Note documents loaded on Google drive for programming.
 * Configuring the wireless and wired system. || Engineering books to be handed in for some feedback ||
 * [[image:wk2.jpg]] || Sept 12
 * Video of VEX competitions and how some robots are designed
 * Hand out of Parts of the VEX subsystems
 * First trip to Robotics room - see materials
 * Dismantle old robots for parts and familiarity
 * Discuss specifications for robots - ideas put forward by class
 * throw a distance
 * speed and ;maneuverability
 * robotic dance
 * build tower (of 3 blocks)
 * speed with building
 * race or distance
 * lift itself
 * strongest - which can lift w/o tipping
 * Create teams
 * Need team name
 * What do you want your robot to be able to do
 * Initial designs to be placed in your engineering document
 * Break down responsibilities for group members
 * Specifics for robot (dimensions, etc)
 * Assign members jobs
 * deadlines
 * Outline design providing size and details required for material list
 * Each group gave an outline of their robots specs and the items they think will be an issue
 * Go to Robotics room to get materials to start robot ||  ||
 * [[image:wk1.JPG]] || Sept 6
 * Intro to course
 * What is engineering?
 * What is required for an engineering design team
 * What is the design process - read 1.3
 * Review design process.
 * Design Documentation.
 * Design Challenge ||  ||