Experimenting with the difference between speed and distance

Not all students understand the difference between speed and distance. Let’s provide an explanation.

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  • 17 Aug 2017

Distance and speed

Distance means how far the robot will go. When you use rotations (full turns of the wheel), the distance does not change when changing the power. What changes is the time in which the robot will cover the distance you have set. The higher the speed is, the faster the distance will be covered.

The task

So far your Yo-Yo moved backward and forward at the same speed. Let us now simulate gravity - all movements forward are quick because the robot "falls down" and all movements backward are slow because the robot "jumps up".

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