Gorham Middle School SAIL

 Students have transitioned over to using Ev3 robots. They started experimenting with various programming features and had to find a way to program the robot to go around the square platform. Watching the students work together to brainstorm and test out different theories was so much fun!  .         

Edison robots can use infrared light to send and receive messages to other Edison robots. One robot can send out an infrared message using its two IR LEDs which another robot’s IR receiver can detect. The receiving robot can be programmed to react to specific IR messages. Students used IR messaging with multiple robots allowing them to collaborate and create a synchronized response to the message. Student's also programmed the Edisons to follow a light!  

Students learned about line tracking and obstacle detection and created programs by incorporating both events. Students are working in groups to create a maze that avoids obstacles and line tracking. Other groups will need to solve the maze by programming their robots.   

 In SAIL-Robotics, students have been learning about the different features of the Edison robots. Our latest accomplishment is line detection. Students wrote programs, incorporated line trackers on non-reflective surfaces, and indicated a change they wanted their robot to perform. Next week students will create obstacles that their robots must navigate through! 

 This week students learned about Edison robots and had a chance to do some programming using EdScratch. We learned that programs are downloaded as sound files (so cool)!