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Multiple rubber bands attachment for Solving-FLL-Nature's-Fury. Part 2
In this second part we continue with the next few tasks from the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) 2013 competition. Using the same rubber band attachment we lift the house and collect a few of the humans and cargoes.
- #170
- 21 Nov 2015
How a Reusable geared attachment accomplishes a mission with a lever. Demo with Luly Box Robot from LEGO Education SPIKE Prime
Reusable attachments are our favorite. They could be used in a number of different scenarios especially on robotics competitions like FIRST LEGO League/World Robotics Olympiad. This tutorial shows how this reusable attachment could accomplish a mission for lifting a lever. It uses Luly, a small LEGO Education SPIKE Prime competition robot with 3D building instructions as a robot base.
- #1704
- 14 Apr 2021
Gapped & Crossed Line Following. Part 12. Escape the "Lost" state
The final video from the course. The robot escapes the state where it is lost. This happens if it can not continue in any direction.
- #215
- 08 Feb 2016
Constructing BigDaddy Competition Robot (Part 3 - Front to Rear)
Based on your feedback we have decided to show you the live process of building a complex LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Competition robot without having the whole robot ready yet. We are continuing from part 2 where we finished the 'front' of the robot and now we will extend it so that we could also attach the rear part.
- #72
- 22 Feb 2015
Improving FLL Robot Game. Teacher Note. The robot base for lifting
Note for the teacher on how to organize the class to use different robot base constructions to accomplish the mission for lifting.
- #441
- 06 Mar 2017
Building an example program using calibrated value for Light/Color EV3 Sensor
Many times we just upload blocks and leave it up to you to use it. In this tutorial, I would like to show you how to use the implemented blocks. How to import them into the EV3-G software. How to see them in the palette. How to drag and drop them to build a working program.
- #637
- 04 Oct 2017
Correct position of motors on BigDaddy Competition Robot (Part 8)
This third way of positioning the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 motors on the robot seems to be the most productive with the most advantages. We have named it "correct", but we completely understand there might be other even more efficient ways to position the motors on the robot.
- #79
- 29 Mar 2015
How to Solve Senior Solutions Medicines, Cardiovascular and Strength exercise missions with one attachment
In this tutorial we will go through a solution for three of the missions from 2012 FIRST LEGO League competition using only one attachment. By accomplishing the medicines, strength exercise and cardiovascular missions we earn 55 points. You can download the programs from the link in the Materials tab.
- #30
- 13 Jul 2013
Programming a menu. Storing in Arrays. WRO Elementary 2013.
The challenge for this video is to program a menu that is controlled from the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 brick screen.
- #220
- 17 Jul 2016
Improving FLL Robot Game. Gears skipping a tooth. Common problem
One of the very common problems with the LEGO Mindstorms and LEGO Technic Gear wheels is then a tooth is skipped. In this video, I would like us to discuss this challenge and how do we solve it.
- #457
- 25 Mar 2017
Improving FLL Robot Game. Teacher Note. Places you could lift your robot onto.
How to organize the different robots and group of students when working on lifting the robot.
- #438
- 06 Mar 2017
Names of some of the important and common pieces in LEGO Mindstorms set.
We will cover the names and the basic usage of the parts in our typical robot.
- #345
- 25 Jan 2017
Data logging the time between taking samples of the EV3 Gyro sensor
After we take each sample, we perform calculations and these calculations could take different time. It is important to know how much time does it take to perform the calculations. In this video tutorial, we would data log the time and plot the data.
- #663
- 10 Jan 2018
How a Grab attachment accomplishes a loops mission. Demo with Luly Box Robot from LEGO Education SPIKE Prime
Taking/Grabbing loops is one of the most common mission types at robotics competitions like FIRST LEGO League/World Robotics Olympiad. This tutorial is about an attachment that grabs the loop. The attachment uses Luly, a small LEGO Education SPIKE Prime competition robot with 3D building instructions as a robot base.
- #1706
- 21 Apr 2021
Correcting common problems in LEGO Mindstorms robot constructions
We will demonstrate the common mistakes students make when building a robot.
- #347
- 28 Jan 2017
Positioning motors on BigDaddy Competition Robot - Second try (Part 7)
This second way of positioning the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 motors on the robot leaves more space for the Mindstorms brick and for attaching a third motor. We are experimenting and showing the advantages and disadvantages of this particular construction.
- #77
- 22 Mar 2015
Positioning motors on BigDaddy Competition Robot (Part 6)
We are showing the first way we could position the motors on the robot construction. This seems to be challenging for many robot builders and that's why we are going to do it in a few different ways in the next few video tutorials from the series.
- #76
- 15 Mar 2015
How an Quick pinless attachment collects parts. Part 1. Demo with Luly Box Robot from LEGO Education SPIKE Prime
This tutorial shows how quick pinless attachment collects loops. Such attachments are popular at the FIRST LEGO League competition. The attachment uses Luly, a small LEGO Education SPIKE Prime competition robot with 3D building instructions as a robot base.
- #1710
- 26 Apr 2021
Precautions when building LEGO robots from PDF instructions
When you build from instructions there are a few things that you should be careful about.
- #342
- 18 Jan 2017
How to move forward with LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor
With this video tutorial we start the course for LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor and how to successfully program the robot for FIRST LEGO League robotics competition. It is good to have SPIKE Prime or EV3 for the competition. But if you happen to have Robot Inventor, don't be discourage. It is still possible to participate and accomplish a lot with the set.
- #1864
- 21 Mar 2022
EV3 Robot with Motors in Opposite Directions. Proportional like following. Part 3
Let's implement a more advanced program for this robot to learn how to use with motors in opposite directions - and this is to implement the Proportional Line Following algorithm.
- #195
- 13 Mar 2016
WRO Junior-High 2014. Sputnik. Following an orbit. Part 2
We would see how both satellites work together on the World Robotics Olympiad competition. They must both follow different orbits and must cooperate for the mission to be accomplished.
- #198
- 03 Apr 2016
Best practices for creating long programs by trial and error
Now that you have tried and solved a challenge involving a series of instructions, we would like to share with you a few best practices.
- #413
- 15 Mar 2017
Teacher's Notes: Set course behavior expectations to the students
When organizing this course, the behavior expectations should be set at the very beginning of the course.
- #321
- 09 Jan 2017
Load and start program from the EV3-G software
We will cover three ways to transfer your program from the computer to the robot.
- #367
- 04 Feb 2017
Starting EV3-G Software. Projects and Programs
Now we have to program the robot. The steps that we will cover are starting the software, writing a program and downloading it to the robot.
- #364
- 04 Feb 2017