Scratch (Word Blocks) program to improve accuracy of movement of SPIKE Prime

In this program we demonstrate how to program a SPIKE robot to use acceleration to improve movement accuracy.

This program was intended for and tested on the Gazon robot

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How to open?

Programs with extension *.llsp could be opened with version 2 of the LEGO Scratch Word Blocks software. It is also known as 'SPIKE Legacy'. You can download it from LEGO website. You can also visit spikelegacy.legoeducation.com to use it online Note that this programs are incompatible with version 3 of the software.

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10 Aug 2022

Courses and lessons with this Program

This Program is used in the following courses and lessons

LEGO Education SPIKE Prime Programming for competition with Word Blocks

Two concepts are important for robotics competitions - consistently navigate and position the robot exactly where we need it to be on the field, and builing attachments that would accomplish a mission once we have reached it. This course is focused on the first part. The second part is the whole FLLCasts platform, but start at FIRST LEGO League with LEGO Education SPIKE Prime. "Challenge" competition for 9-16 years old

The goal of this course is the help you learn to program LEGO Education SPIKE Prime robots to behave consistently and reliably during competitions. As a language we use LEGO Education SPIKE App Word Blocks which is based on Scratch. We look at a lot of concepts that could be used for FIRST LEGO League and World Robot Olympiad competitions - eg how to follow a line fast, slow, in a smooth way, with 5 states. Also how to align to lines, how to do double alignment, how to keep a straight line with motion sensor.

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Moving without sensors - long path

One of the easiest ways to improve the accuracy of LEGO Education SPIKE Prime robots is to use acceleration and deceleration when moving. This also applies to LEGO Mindstorms EV3 and LEGO Mindstorms Robot Inventor and generally to most robots that we know of. This tutorial demonstrates how acceleration and deceleration could be used and what improvement in accuracy and consistency you could expect. This is quite useful for FIRST LEGO League and other robotics competitions.