(G8-12) VEX Metal V5 Robotics Foundation
VEX V5 is a robotics platform designed for educational use, featuring a metal-based construction system with bolt-together parts, a programmable "V5 Brain" control unit, a dedicated controller for wireless operation, and smart motors that allow students to build and program robots with varying levels of complexity, ideal for learning STEM concepts through hands-on robotics projects; it provides flexibility for both novice and experienced users to design and build custom mechanisms while offering real-time feedback through the controller and brain interface.
Robo Rally
Use proportional reasoning and scale to design a race course for the Speedbot with mathematical reasoning, proportional reasoning and iterative design.
Loop, There It Is!
Complete several mini-challenges to experiment with using loops within their projects. This information will be used later in the “Groove Machine Challenge”.
Treasure Hunt
Build and code the Clawbot with the Optical Sensor to recognize and collect red Buckyballs to compete in the Treasure Hunt competition.
Momentum Alley
Program a robot to knock down bowling pins (cans or water bottles) using momentum. Students will explore how to program at different velocities.
Vision Sensor
Explore a program that processes how the Vision Sensor input data should affect the Clawbot's behavior.
Up and Over
Design a Clawbot to collect, pick up, and move Buckyballs from one side of the Field to the other, in the Up and Over competition.
Team Freeze Tag
Build the TrainingBot and learn to how to drive it, and use the Bumper Switch and print to the Brain Screen to engage in a classroom competition of Team Freeze Tag!
To Do, or Not to Do
Explore conditional statements and how sensors can serve as the input deciding if the conditional is true.
Ring Leader
Explore the difference between competing in a driver controlled and autonomous competition. Use both autonomous and driver control in order to score Rings on different sized posts in the Ring Leader competition.
MedBot
Program a robot to deliver medication to patients on a hospital floor that they create. Students will learn how to program the Speedbot to drive forward, in reverse, turn left, and turn right.
Clawbot with Controller
Program the Controller to maneuver the Clawbot. They will analyze different ways to program the Controller by running different example projects such as Tank Drive and Clawbot Control.
Platform Placer
Use manipulators on the Clawbot, including lifts, to move Buckyballs and rings to platforms of different levels.
It's a Draw!
Explore the VEX V5 Clawbot and try using it as an artistic tool in a drawing game.
Gravity Rush
Explore the Clawbot and the concept of the Center of Gravity. Students will drive the Clawbot over uneven surfaces with the its arm at different angles of it being raised and lowered.
Mechanical Advantage
How mechanical advantages and gear ratios can be applied in their builds, daily lives, and in robotics competitions.
Speedy Delivery
Navigate a warehouse by programming the Claw and Arm of a Clawbot to grab and move packages to a loading dock for delivery.
Castle Crasher
Use the Optical and Distance sensors to seek, crash, and clear Buckyball ‘castles’ to score points in the Castle Crasher competition.