| I. Introductory Workshop NXT
Instructions
for building the workshop robot (pdf) -- One copy in color for each
of the robot kits.
Body Forward Perfect
Score -- on Youtube
NXT Programming Tutorial
by Dale Yocum in English
NXT
Programming Tutorial by Dale Yocum in Spanish
City Sights Videos -- useful to get an idea about what a tournament
is like. Use in an early team meeting to introduce the FLL program to
the youngsters on the team as well as to the adults.
- MPEG- 4
- Medium quality - medium-size video file - 52 megabytes
- AVI - Medium
quality - large file - 167 megabytes
- QuickTime
-- Best Quality -- largest file - 178 megabytes
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II. Coaching/Mentoring Techniques Workshop
NXT
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III. Robotics Techniques Workshop NXT
- PowerPoint
Slides (ppt) (NEW: 7/28/2011)
- Materials for Stent demo program for Body Forward challenge mat (ALL
NEW: 8/18/2011) Note that the .rbt files should be downloaded only and
viewed in the LEGO Mindstorms NXT Software
- ORTOP
Attachment for Workshop III (doc) (NEW: 6/17/2011) -- Provides instructions
for adding parts to the cow catcher attachment to enhance that attachment
for the "Going Straight" exercise in Workshop III.
- Worksheets
1, 2, and 3 (pdf) (NEW: 7/28/2011): Worksheets for "Robot Design
and Construction", "Going Straight and Turning", and
"Sensors" parts of the Workshop
- Worksheet
4ab (pdf) (NEW: 7/28/2011): Worksheet for "Mission Zoning,
Mission Tasking Table" part of Workshop
- Mission
Planning Sheet (pdf) (NEW: 7/28/2011): Planning sheet for Buoy Mission
- Constructopedia
Designs (pdf) -- A handout by Dale Jordan that shows other robot
designs with links to building instructions. This is the version from
2010.
- Characterizing
the NXT Ultra-Sonic Sensor (doc) (Available on this website, but
not handed out in the workshop.)
- Characterizing
FLL Robot Behavior (pdf) -- A handout by Dale Jordan that covers
a method for determining how precisely a robot will perform using a
couple of simple dead-reckoning tests.
- NXT Robotics
Techniques Checklist (doc) -- Reminds us what materials are needed
for the workshop
- ORTOP
2011 Workshop Survey (doc) -- A survey that we can use in Workshop
III to get feedback on the workshop series.
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IV. Programming Techniques Workshop for Mindstoms NXT
- Power
Point Slides (ppt) (NEW: 8/10/2011)
- Programs Discussed in Workshop -- These files should be downloaded
only and viewed in the LEGO Mindstorms NXT Software (ALL NEW: 8/5/2011)
- Switches.rbt
-- an illustration of the Switch Blocks available
- StopOnGreen.rbt
-- one example of how to stop only on a green bar
- Loops.rbt
-- an illustration of the Loop Blocks available
- DataHubs.rbt
-- an illustratoin of Data Hubs
- StopOnGreenWithLogicVar.rbt
-- the same stop on green only program but with a logic variable
used to exit the loop
- SimpleSquare.rbt
-- a brute force way to draw a square
- SquareUsingMyBlock.rbt
-- drawing a square using a MyBlock that goes forward and turns.
Note that you will also need to download the file StraightTurnBlock.rbt,
which is the MyBlock that is used in the program. This file needs
to be saved with the other MyBlocks in the Mindstorms NXT Software.
Use the Manage Custom Palette item in the Edit menu to open up the
directory where the MyBlocks are stored and copy StraightTurnBlock.rbt
into that directory.
- DisplayNumber.rbt
-- this can be used to display a number on the NXT display screen.
- StopOnGreenDisplayLightVals.rbt
-- adds the DisplayNumber MyBlock to the StopOnGreenWithLogicVar
program to display the light sensor value each time the robot stops
on a light value change and each time it moves forward a little
bit to get off the transition point. You will also need to download
the file DispValBlock.rbt,
which is the MyBlock that displays a number value. Save it with
the other MyBlocks as described in the item above SquareUsingMyBlock.rbt.
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