Let's learn some competition field tactics!

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Navigating around obstacles is a key to success on the robotics competition field.

Can you list all the movements you think your Driving Base should be able do?

Build a Practice Driving Base.

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This is a simple but effective way to learn some field tactics:

  • A Practice Driving Base

If you have time, build your own design.

Try these programming stacks one after the other.

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What do you see?

Change the values of each block’s parameters and see what happens.

Make your Driving Base move in a square.

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Pick actions from the stacks that are already on the Programming Canvas.

Use a repeat Loop in your program.

What action do you need to repeat to make your Driving Base to move in a square?

Here’s an example:

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Time for a field tactics challenge!

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Place 8 colored bricks on a surface and use your programming skills to cross the “field” without touching the bricks.

Develop your programming skills by writing the pseudocode first.

For example:

  • Move forward to "this point"
  • Turn of about 45 degrees
  • Move backward "a little"

This list is called pseudocode.

How did you do?

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Think about what you did well and what you could’ve done better.

Great start on avoiding obstacles!