Draw students’ attention to the fact that real-life forklifts lift the mast vertically thanks to chains and gear wheels while our forklift uses a different technology.
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- 13 Jul 2018
The forklift mast is different from the real forklift mast shown on the picture. The reason to choose this construction is to avoid using too complex gear-wheel mechanisms. Otherwise, to be able to lift an object above the box, we will have to use a lot of gear wheels and a very high robot.
CAUTION
The robot is quite complex for a single student to build, make sure all students work in pairs and if there is one alone, you find the needed pieces and give them to the student.
Courses and lessons with this Tutorial
This Tutorial is used in the following courses and lessons
Level A2. "Space exploration". Robotics with LEGO
The second level of the Robotics with LEGO curriculum for students in second, third or fourth grades.
A new sensor is introduced - the Ultrasonic distance sensor can help the robot avoid obstacles. Students work with new concepts like loop, degrees and medium motor. Robots can now do two different actions at the same time - while solving missions on a field, the third motor clears detected obstacles. The first robot with chain-treads is built.
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Lesson 1 - Meduim motor and a Loop
Introduction
Today we will build our first robot for automated transportation which will help us learn a new block – the repetition instruction.
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