Good afternoon everybody!!! Well done for completing the second week of the course, we had a lot of fun and we hope you had it too. We thought we’d show you some more cool videos (like those that Mr Jack showed you), to see what other people have built, with similar technology. Below, you will […]
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In this session we put our robotic building skills to the test and build an orchestra of percussion playing machines! After discussing percussion instruments and how they work we split the class into three groups. Each group is tasked with creating a robot that will be able to perform a specific percussion technique. Striking
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In this session that is part of the Create project we study waves and waveforms and their relationship to light, sound and movement through a series of practical building tasks. Key learning outcomes: Waves in light sound and movement, digital systems (input, processor, output), sensors The first part of the session focuses on discussing waves and understanding
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When writing your blog about the activity we completed today please try and answer the following questions: What kind of percussion techniques did you use (hitting, shaking, scraping, rubbing)? What was the input to the quirkbot (what was making it move)? What was the output of the quirkbot? What type of waves did you use
Here are some videos to give us inspiration for our musical robots!
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Hello everyone! We’re happy to bring you our next workshop. Today we will be doing some experiments with light, waves, sound and motors. Start by opening the quirkbot box and get familiar with the parts Go to code.quirkbot.com and login using your username: user: firstname+initial of surname (example: danielr) password:
Motor On the Quirkbot page, create a new code with the name Servo Find the Servo and the backpack shield from your kit and connect them to your bot. In the code, add a Servo Motor object to the workspace and change the PLACE to Servo Motor 1. Add a Wave object to the workspace and
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Sensing Light Find a Light Sensor in your kit and connect it to the bot on the limb you choose (long leg to the front, short leg to the back). In your code, add a Light Sensor object to the workspace and change the PLACE to match the limb you chose in the previous step.
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Changing light colour Now find a dual color LED in your set and have a look at it. Connect it to the horn of the bot so that the longer leg is at the front and the shorter at the back. In your code, add a Dual Color LED to the workspace. Change the place
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Playing with light Find the bot and the USB cable from your kit. Connect the bot to the computer. On the Quirkbot site, create a new code and change its name to LightExperiments Add a LED to the workspace and change the PLACE to Left Eye. Wait until the code is saved and click
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