Technology: Robotics Lego Mindstorm

 

Robotics: Lego Mindstorm NXT 2.0

This is Alpha Rex. He is a humanoid robot made using Lego Mindstorm NXT hardware and programming software.

As a Robotics coordinator, I provide a weekly cocurricular activity to primary students to make and program robots.

Students follow a series of instructions to construct a variety of robots and program them using Mindstorm software. Touch, light, sound and ultrasonic sensors can be programmed to complete specific tasks.

 

 

Robotics provides students the opportunity to pursue self interests whilst challenging their problem solving and critical thinking skills.

Here is a Robotics Club evaluation sample sheet I made for students to fill out upon completion of their cocurricular lunchtime Robotics Club:

I take lots of photos and video footage of completed robots so that I can make a movie for assembly at the end of each term. Parents are invited and they enjoy seeing what their children have been involved with in Robotics Club.