Month: September 2020

Play LEGO MindStorms EV3 – Analyze Several WRO 2019 Junior Group Models

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Following the previous posts, I will analyze several models used in WRO 2019 Junior Group competition. The game description, rules and scoring could be found at WRO website: https://wro-association.org/competition/previous-challenges Model 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rdJAlipn6M?rel=0 This model has a clip-like attachment, which could open and close. This type of attachment was also popular in previous WRO competition, such …

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Play LEGO MindStorms EV3 – Analyze Several WRO 2018 Junior Group Models

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Unlink WRO 2017 Junior Group competition, WRO 2018 Junior Group has versatile design solutions. In this post, I will introduce three representative models. Each of them is unique and has its own highlights. The game description, rules and scoring could be found at WRO website: https://wro-association.org/competition/previous-challenges Model 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hiu7meFDHRM?rel=0 This model looks very compact. Its …

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Play LEGO MindStorms EV3 – Analyze Several WRO 2017 Junior Group Models

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In my previous posts, I introduced models in the WRO elementary age group. In this post, I will analyze several models used in WRO 2017 Junior age group. Each model is unique and has its advantages and disadvantages, so keep objective, and let's go! The game description, rules and scoring could be found at WRO …

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LEGO MindStorms EV3 – Use Virtual Robotics Toolkit (VAT) to Practice Line Following

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In the previous post, I briefly introduced the VAT software and summarized the steps to configure project settings and run programs. In this post, I will use one example to walk through this process. This is a sample project which allows users to practice line following program of LEGO EV3. So let's start now. Step-by-step …

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First Experience of Virtual Robotics Toolkit (VAT)

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Virtual Robotics Toolkit (VAT) was developed by Cogmation Robotics. It develops simulation software that enables users to control robotics systems. You might ask why you should use a virtual robotics environment when you have a real EV3 robot at hand for playing, but there are situations where your robot is placed somewhere else (for example, …

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Play LEGO MindStorms EV3 – Analyze Several WRO 2017 Elementary Group Models

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In my previous posts, I analyzed some models used in WRO 2018, 2019 and 2020. In this post, I will analyze several models used in WRO 2017, elementary age group. The game description, rules and scoring could be found at WRO website: https://wro-association.org/competition/previous-challenges Model 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP6VaBNL3wQ?rel=0 This model uses two touch sensors to control panel-like …

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Play LEGO MindStorms EV3 – Analyze Several WRO 2018 Elementary Group Models

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In my previous posts, I analyzed several models used in WRO 2020 and WRO 2019, elementary age groups. Today, I would like to introduce two models for WRO 2018 competition and compare their advantages and disadvantages. The game description, rules and scoring could be found at WRO website: https://wro-association.org/competition/previous-challenges Model 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UICkrGr7mHc?rel=0 This model has …

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Play LEGO MindStorms EV3 – Analyze Several WRO 2019 Elementary Group Models

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In the last post, I analyzed three models used for WRO 2020, Elementary age group competition. In this post, I will continue analyzing several models used for WRO 2019, Elementary groups. All those videos are from YouTube channels. Model 1 This model comes from author: Thầy Phong STEM. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KOIvhXL488?rel=0 It uses two medium motors to …

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Play LEGO MindStorms EV3 – Analyze Several WRO 2020 Elementary Group Models

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As we know, due to the outbreak of Covid-19, WRO 2020 competition has been cancelled, but it will not influence our enthusiasm in participating in future events. In this post, I will pick up several models from YouTube channels and analyze their advantages and disadvantages. Those models are targeted for the WRO 2020, Regular Category, …

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LEGO MindStorms EV3 – Issues of Detecting Stalling in Micro Python 2.0

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In my previous post, I introduced how to use stalling detection method to avoid motor stalling or identifying the existence of obstacles. That model is programmed with LEGO programming blocks. In this post, I will introduce how to use LEGO Micro Python 2.0 to do stalling detection and what are some issues in implementing this. …

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