ICT
LEGO MINDSTORMS IN ICT
Over the past few weeks, we have been coding robots to navigate themselves around obstacles and mazes using very few codes. We were given instructions which we had to follow to make it do some specific things like draw a square or a triangle. Then we were also asked to make the robots go through a maze on which there were lots of obstacles. In the first week, we focused on doing the basic things like make it go forward and as time passed, we started making it draw some shapes and go through mazes. In the last week of Lego Mindstorms, there were laid out mazes in which there were obstacles like cones and tape.
The cones were some upright obstacles whereas the tape were laid down obstacles. We had to then code the robots to go to the finish line without touching the cones and the tape which was a little bit of a challenge. Everyone tried the most easiest route first. After that, we fiddled around with the sensors and tried to use them. The sensors allow the robot to know if there is any obstacle or anything in its way. Overall, the Lego Mindstorms activity was very fun and engaging. We all got to code the robot and make it do many cool things.
Prarthana Agarwal & Nadia Satyaputra
Year 7 Students