Robotics - Up a Level
Modular Robix Project
At this point in your experience with Robix, you should have a strong set
of skills with programming the interface, building a machine to carry
out your program and modifying the environment that your Robix operates in.
The goal of this project is to take all of these skills and create
a solution that can match a similar solution by any of your classmates. At
the beginning of the project, we do not know how many participants will be
involved, so we need to have flexibility in the way that the solutions can
be put together.
Experiences and skills that you will gain in this project relate to: Problem
solving, teamwork, Interactive design, setting criteria, building a
device that solves a problem, programming the device so that it solves the
problem, communicating what you have done and learned to the larger cdommunity.
The criteria must be agreed upon by all participants before the project can
be constructed.
Some of the criteria to include:
Dimension of the device - All devices
must fit into a maximum size limit.
Start location - Where the device
must begin its process. This must match the finish location of the
other participants.
Actions - What each machine must
do during its process. There should be more than two required processes.
Finish location - Where the device
must end its process. This must match the start location on the other
participants
Timing - How long the process must
take to complete. It should be long enough to actually do something,
but short enough to keep the action going.
Deadline - How long the group members
may work on their solution. Having a common deadline will allow everybody
to test their solution at the same time.
Product:
Set of criteria that every solution must meet
Completed physical robot that solves the problem and meets the criteria
Web pages documenting your solution, including programming, construction
and other items that are built for the project.
Instruction sheet on how to build your machine so that it can be run by an
unknown person in another country on another Robix kit.
Printed pages of the above documentation to be stored in a class binder.
Photos of the project and the process.
Outreach:
The solution of this individual project should be displayed in the community.
Some ideas of ways to demonstrate your solution:
-Web pages posted on school server. These web pages can be static (designed and posted) or dynamic (live web cam or similar)
-Photos and article submitted to town papers.
-Display in public space such as: DHS Academic Fair, or Empty retail
window in town,
-Live demonstration at public events such as DEF Spelling Bee, Town Meeting,
School Committee
