Challenge ideas and materials for Boe-Bot with Arduino

hungryTechie

Hi,

I was wondering if anybody can share some ideas for building some very basic to more complex robotic challenges ( maze, etc) for my Boe Bot with Arduino. The manual provided by Parallax is great as well and I only got up to chapter 6.

Also, can you recommend some materials I can use for creating them ? ( poster board, type of tape, etc). I would love to hear/see some challenges with specs as I plan to incorporate those for my upcoming High-School class this school year.

My room is not too big and the challenges would be on the floor on a rolling vinyl or something.

Thanks
julian

Ttailspin

Here is something that might be challenging enough, Maybe Give this a try. A couple of dinner plates(or teddy bears) is all you'll need..:)
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/138125-Erco-s-Figure-Eight-Challenge?

Ken Gracey

Hey Julian,

Here's a complex one, but popular: http://www.parallax.com/news/2013-05-21/taiwan-boe-bot-contest-playrobot-draws-500-students. It's a wall-following, dead-reckoning combination in a maze with a halogen light at the end. Draws a big crowd every year in Taiwan.

Two more gems in here http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/155946-Three-days-of-programming-robots-with-middle-school-students-give-them-a-welcome!. Check out the oval race around he water jugs with a Ping))) and the challenge to mix up light sensors with whiskers. This is a lot of fun.

The Individual Pursuit Race is a more advanced version of what I describe above http://learn.parallax.com/contest/individual-pursuit-race.

A popular contest from our friends in Washington and Idaho http://www.zillahrobotchallenge.com

You could also do a "navigate north, avoid objects on the way" with a compass. There are a thousand variations and contests you could do - it all depends on their capability at the time.

Ken Gracey

hungryTechie

Thanks Ttailspin and Ken for wonderful ideas.