Genre: School Education
Paperback: 93 pages
Description: The NXT Robotics Competition Workbook is a resource for new and experienced robot competition teams.
Synopsis:
The NXT Robotics Competition Workbook is a great resource for new and experienced teams. There are so many things that must be done to prepare for a competition, and the information contained here will help teachers, coaches, mentors, and students to begin organizing and tackling the challenges ahead. If your team is asking itself "What do we do now?" then this workbook is for you. Offering tips and advice on scheduling, team organization, building and programming best practices, and more, your team will find this information extremely useful in getting started, staying focused, and moving forward productively. This workbook covers the following:
Managing the Team
a. Assigning Team Roles - Organizing Building and Programming Teams
b. Scheduling - developing a realistic schedule, 6 Tasks to get a team from start to finish
Constructing a Competition Robot
a. Good Construction Habits - documenting, cloning, inventorying your supplies
b. Designing the Chassis - developing a modular and stable base for your robot
c. Building Attachments - sensor usage, best locations, "funnels" and modularization
Programming the Competition Robot
a. Sensor versus Motor Navigation - pros and cons of different methods for movement
b. Good Programming Habits - backups, version control, filenaming
Miscellaneous
a. Brainstorming Sessions - rules, documentation, time limits, getting started
b. Testing Your Work - incremental testing, guidelines for documenting, bug tracking
c. Building Team Unity - respect, team values, sharing
Worksheets
a. 10 worksheets (permission to reproduce worksheets for use by your team)
b. Worksheet titles include - "Manage Team 1", "Manage Team 2", "Team Time Availability", "Time Log", "Chassis Guidelines", "Chassis Sketchpad", "Program Tracking", "Elements of the Program", "Brainstorm Session" and "Testing"
Product Details:
· Paperback: 93 pages
· Binding: Wire-O
· Published: September 2007
· Product Number: 030-173374563
