Teacher's Notes - How to conduct the class for Dragster competition Pro Preview

Front motor could halt because it could not complete the turn. Students could get confused. Where exactly is the problem? 

Here are a couple of notes for this problem and generally how to conduct the class with the Dragster.

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  • #1419
  • 05 Aug 2019

For the task "Make the robot turn 90 degrees." students are expected to program the robot to turn the front wheels and then move forward until the robot turns to a full 90 degrees.

Students could try to put the robot on the floor with the front wheels that are already turned. This is not an accomplished task.

The robot program will half if the motor turn is set to degrees or rotation that can not be executed. The motor turns could be programed in seconds and in this way the program will not halt. Give the students time to experiment and find the problem on their own. Then brainstorm together on a solution.

Example solution for the tasks in section "Getting ready for the race"

 

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