Begun in December 2023, the Robot Racing Club provides a new Physical Computing opportunity for young people, of all ages and abilities, to discover what coding looks like in the real world!
Teams of pupils compete to see how they can engineer and re-engineer robotic creations which complete the race course ahead of the other teams.
Think Wacky Races for the Twenty First Century!
Welcome to the St Mary’s Robot Page.
For details of the wider Robot Racing Club community, please see here: www.flickernet.net/rrc
Congratulations to the St Mary’s Robot Racing Club: you were brilliant! It has been a joy to work with you all – thank you for your dedication, great ideas and constant enthusiasm. Hoping that you have a fun Summer, and a great Year 7, ahead.
Week 8:
Pressure pads for the Arena..
Week 7:
Four Robot TouchBit Control Mission
Having explored the TouchBit control of the Clawbots last week, now it is time to apply that approach to enable direct control of your robots
Week 6:
Six Robot Test Race
- Review: Axis sensing versus direct (TouchBit) control
- Arena needs analysis
We will begin by studying these four samples of code:
This is the starter code for Week 5.
- It is for the Buggy
Note the use of axis sensing
This is the starter code for Week 4.
- It is for the robot Micro:Bit.
(Touch:Bit Controller code follows underneath)
Here is the second part of our starter code for Week 4:
- This is the code for the Touch:Bit Controller Unit:
Here is our code, ready for Week 3:
Remember:
- the radio group must remain the same to transmit and receive in our group
- Create the receivedString variable first
- you can replace “test message” with your own message
In Week 4 we will be discovering the TouchBit:
Remember
- the Extension which we need is called TouchBit
Here is our code, ready for Week 2:
Remember:
- the Extension which we need is called “Klip”
- Create the two variables first
- Then create the three function blocks
Week 1: We have unpacked the kit and built five robots within the session. We have begun to explore the code.
Looking ahead:
.. more soon!
Before Robot Racing Club, came two years of ARC: Advanced Robotics Club (at Lydiard Park Academy).
These links might be of interest to future roboteers!
