Welcome to TechEd LLC's Lessons and Activities for  EV3 Robotics

Overview: Students will learn the basics of robotics using  EV3 Robotics Educational Core Set 45544 and the following lessons / activities. These activities are designed to be used to learn how to move and control the EV3 robot. Start at the beginning and work your way through the activities in order. The activities will get harder as you move through them. The activities will teach you how to operate the software, brick, motors, and sensors. Once you have completed all the activities you are ready to tackle the first project. Good Luck. 

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EV3 Lessons for beginners (How to use the EV3)                         This site is currently under development 1-27-17

Getting Started /  Help Pages for EV3 (Read / Watch / Learn)

• Opening the software w/overview
  
• Writing your first program
  
• Saving your Project / programs
• Power Up the EV3
• Connecting the USB cord
• Sending your program to the brick
  
• Running a program
  
• Aborting a program
  
• Turning off the EV3
• Charging the brick

Controlling the EV3 Motors (Start Programming Motors)

• Activity 1-1 (Start to Finish)
  
• Activity 1-2 (Start, to finish, backup to Start)
  
• Activity 1-3 (Start, to finish, turn around, back to start)
  
• Activity 1-4 (Start to finish, turn right 90° move 3", turn 90° right, return to the start line)
• Activity 1-5 (Follow the rectangle on the table, the robot should return to the same spot it started)

Using EV3 Sensors
(Start Programming Sensors)

• Activity 2-1 (Add Start switch to Activity 1-1)
  
• Activity 2-2 (Add an emergency stop switch)
• Activity 2-3 (Use sonar to stop before hitting a wall)
• Activity 2-4 (Move forward, use sonar to stop before hitting a wall, turn 90°,<loop> program)
• Activity 2-5 (Running bot backwards, Start program by pressing a touch sensor, move backwards until, color sensor sees tape, move forward until ultra sound sensor is 3" from wall) 

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Moving forward

Moving Backward

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Turning

Moving the arm up and down

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Ultrasoiund start

Ultrasound stop

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Gryo straight

Gyro Turn

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Now that you have learned how to control the motors and use the sensors of your EV3 Robot it is time to apply what your have learned. The following challenges have been created to challenge you and make you think. You will soon fine out that not everything you need to know was covered in steps one through three. However you can still figure out how to complete the challenges using what you have already learned. Use your resources to help you complete the challenge. Your teacher should be your last resource.  Good Luck.

Project 1 (Move Block)
Moving a block from one square to the other. Bonus if you don't hit the wall or the cross the center rectangle.

Watch it on YouTube

Project 2 (Attack Dog) 
In this project you will watch a program in action and do your best to replicate it. 

Watch it on YouTube

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Project 3 (Follow Line)
In this project you will watch 3 videos that will assist you in creating your own follow the line program. This may seem like a difficult task but you will see that it is not that complicated.  Follow these videos by clicking  here.

Project 4 (Create Your Own)
Create your own program. You and your partners must design a problem that needs to be solved. Once you have come up with a problem or challenge present it to your instructor for approval. Remember that you are not allowed to alter the robot at this time. Try to use all of the sensors on your bot to solve the problem / challenge. 

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