Scratch (Word Blocks) program to move slow and fast to a near mission model with SPIKE Prime and without sensors

In this program we demonstrate the difference between moving the robot fast and slow. After starting the program, you can press the right button to see the robot move fast, or you can press the left button to see the robot move slow. The program runs indefinitely, so you can keep testing the robot, without restarting the program. Make sure the robot has stopped moving before you press any button.

This program was intended for and tested on the Gazon robot

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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

To successfully advance at competitions we need to understand two concepts - how to reliably and consistently navigate the field and position the robot exactly where we need it to be on every run, and how to build attachments that would accomplish a mission model 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 slow vs Moving fast

In this tutorial we demonstrate how accurate the robot is when we are moving it slow vs when moving it fast. The point of the tutorial is to show that moving slowly is generally much more accurate. It is not accurate enough for a FIRST LEGO League competition, but if you have to move without the use of the sensors you can at least move slow.