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In order to deal with the task successfully, students have to realize how important the starting position of robots is. The next task will help them do so.

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  • 16 Dec 2018

Mark a given point as the goal. You can do that if you put an object the robots should reach or make a line by using some tape, or by any other way.

Students should reach the goal. The trick here is there is no starting point. Your task will be to place the robot in a different starting position every time a program is launched. You can turn the robot sideways, place it at various distances compared to the goal or even turn it back to front. This will make the task relatively impossible to accomplish.

Leave the students struggle for a few minutes, then pause and discuss the task. Pay attention to the fact that without knowing the starting position of the robot, students will find it very difficult to program it to reach the goal.

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