For our final project, we decided to make a live version of the old Microsoft Windows Logo program that we used in middle school as kids. The robot has two pens that can be lifted and put back down. It has two motors that help it move. The robot is controlled through the touchscreen […]
For our project, we made a musical instrument with 3 components. One component is the keyboard. The keyboard is composed of 8 touch sensors which play a scale of notes. The second component is 3 motors that play a sound effect. The motors used a read rotation sensor that plays sound effects when the angle […]
We build a catapult that can be used by the kids to play bowling. We coded the catapult so that a kid controlling the catapult would be able to designate the power/speed of the catapult launching the ping pong ball. This is done by an additional NXT motor attached to the side that is used […]
David Carratu Paul Gelhaus Chris Reik Mateo Guaman Team Jeff – Construction Set Robot Documentation Robot Description: The robot is a construction set that consists of a crane, a conveyor belt and a dump truck. The dump truck has wheels mounted to the brick with a motor to operate a cardboard dump bed. The motor […]
For our final project, we decided to create an interactive track for a vehicle that is controlled by colored cards. We attached a color sensor to the bottom of the car so when a card is placed before the vehicle, it will react according to the color of the card. First, we started off […]
For our playful creations, we built two Minions. One Minion tracks where you are and follows you, keeping a certain distance away. The other Minion is a similar concept to a wind-up car. After pushing a button to start recording its motion, the Minion keeps track of motor rotation so it can play back the […]
For our toy, we made a robot that would allow children to draw on a monitor by turning motors and pushing buttons. The robot consists of 3 large motors, 1 medium motor, 3 touch sensors, and a color sensor. All these are attached to the EV3 through a series of supporting Lego […]
Our project was inspired by the books that little kids play with where they can change the different body parts of characters and attach them to other characters. For this project we created a digital version of this book. There are three wheels that each correspond to the head, torso, or legs of different […]
Currently, the Spinning Shapes toy has a touch sensor that is bumped. Attached is a medium motor with a wheel and this turns the blue holder and. The user has to place the shapes in the desired spot. We have multiple legos on each side to catch the shapes when they fall. This is all […]