KinderBOT Handout

KinderBots
Robot:ROBOPUP
Magic Wand
Robot:
Tilt Sensor
SkillConcept:
Concept:GEARS
Skill
What We Learned!
• Today we built a robotic wand with a tilt sensor. It turned off or on when
we tilted it up or down.
• A tilt sensor detects when it has been moved to a different angle.
• Robots with tilt sensors can be told to do different things when they are
tilted up, down, and sideways.
• Every day items use tilt sensors like smartphones and some game controllers. They
react based on how you
are holding them.
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Magic Wand
Circle the differences!
Hint: There are 5 differences.
TILT SENSOR
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KinderBots
Robot:ROBOPUP
Power Drill
Robot:
Motion
SkillConcept:
Concept:GEARS
Skill
Sensor
What We Learned!
• Today we built a robotic drill with a motion sensor for the trigger.
• A motion sensor is an electronic part. It detects when something moves.
• We see motion sensors in the doors at the grocery store, and the sink in a
public restroom.
• When we moved our fingers over the motion sensor the motor turns on
and the drill turns.
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Power Drill
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4
Color by number!
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6
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5
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5
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6
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3
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3
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2 3
5 6
MOTION SENSOR
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KinderBots
Robot:ROBOPUP
Robopup
Robot:
Gears
SkillConcept:
Concept:GEARS
Skill
What We Learned!
• Today we built a robotic dog using gears connected to a motor.
• Gears are wheels with teeth that mesh together. You can connect many
gears together at once and they move each other.
• When the teeth (spurs) of one gear moves, the meshed gear moves in the
opposite direction.
• Machines use many gears to move parts.
• When we turned the motor on, the nose gear moved and made the eyes
move too!
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Robopup
Circle all of the gears you see!
GEARS
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KinderBots
Robot:ROBOPUP
Race Boat
Robot:
Motor
SkillConcept:
Concept:GEARS
Skill
+Axle
What We Learned!
• Today we built a robot boat with a motor and a rotating axle.
• A robot has mechanical and electrical parts, and is programmed by
people to do things for us.
• Motors help things move by rotating an object (turning it in a circle). One
common thing motors turn is an axle.
• An axle is a shaft or rod that rotates.
• When we switched the motor on, the axle turned the propeller.
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Race Boat
Drive through the maze!
MOTOR AXLE
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KinderBots
Robot:ROBOPUP
Windmill
Robot:
Pulleys
SkillConcept:
Concept:GEARS
Skill
What We Learned!
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Today we built a windmill robot using pulleys to move the blades.
A pulley is one or more wheels on an axle connected by a chain or belt.
Pulleys help us move and lift things.
We see pulleys move flags, blinds and
even heavy objects.
• When one pulley wheel moves, the
belt moves the second wheel to
move the object attached.
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Windmill
Count the windmills!
PULLEYS
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KinderBots
Robot:ROBOPUP
Catapult
Robot:
Lever
SkillConcept:
Concept:GEARS
Skill
What We Learned!
• Today we built a catapult that used a lever to throw a paper ball.
• A lever has a beam attached to a fulcrum (pivot point) that allows the
beam to move a load with force.
• They are used for lifting, moving, and throwing objects.
• The paper ball and our finger were the load on the lever. As we stretched
the rubber band it created force. Once we let go, the lever launched the
load.
Gear
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Catapult
Cut and paste the lever parts. Try rearranging them!
Force
Load
Fulcrum
(Balance)
LEVER
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KinderBots
Robot:ROBOPUP
Helicoter
Robot:
Crown Gear
SkillConcept:
Concept:GEARS
Skill
What We Learned!
• Today we built a helicopter that used two gears. A basic gear and a crown
gear to turn the blades.
• A gear is a wheel with teeth that lock (mesh) with other gears. Gears don’t
always have to lock side by side. A crown gear has special curved teeth so
it can mesh at an angle.
• We use crown gears to change the direction of motion.
• The motor was turning the basic gear on a horizontal axis and the crown
gear changed the direction.
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Helicopter
Color the gears!
GEAR
CROWN GEAR
CROWN GEAR
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KinderBots
Robot:ROBOPUP
Airplane
Robot:
Tilt Sensor
SkillConcept:
Concept:GEARS
Skill
What We Learned!
• Today we built a robotic airplane with a tilt sensor. The propellor spun
faster when it was tilted up and slower when it was tilted down.
• A tilt sensor detects when it has been moved to a different angle.
• Robots with tilt sensors can be told to do different things when they are
tilted up, down, and sideways.
• Every day items use tilt sensors like smartphones and some game controllers. They react based on how you are holding them.
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Airplane
Color the airplanes!
Up= Red
Down=Blue
Right=Green
TILT SENSOR
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KinderBots
Robot:ROBOPUP
Free Build
Robot:
Problem
SkillConcept:
Concept:GEARS
Skill
Solving
What We Learned!
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Problem solving skills.
Brainstorming skills.
How to use programming to make our robots move.
Applying all of the mechanical concepts we’ve learned.
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Free Build!
Draw your robot!
What mechanism did you use!
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