This document provides instructions for assignments using the VEX iQ robot and RobotC programming environment. It outlines 3 programming assignments of increasing difficulty - having the robot accelerate, move in a spiral pattern, and sense and display the color of a cube. It describes a final assignment where the robot must find, identify, pick up, and move a colored cube to the appropriate side of a game area before returning to its starting position. Tips are provided for getting started with RobotC and simulating programs using the virtual robot environment.
This document provides instructions for assignments using the VEX iQ robot and RobotC programming environment. It outlines 3 programming assignments of increasing difficulty - having the robot accelerate, move in a spiral pattern, and sense and display the color of a cube. It describes a final assignment where the robot must find, identify, pick up, and move a colored cube to the appropriate side of a game area before returning to its starting position. Tips are provided for getting started with RobotC and simulating programs using the virtual robot environment.
This document provides instructions for assignments using the VEX iQ robot and RobotC programming environment. It outlines 3 programming assignments of increasing difficulty - having the robot accelerate, move in a spiral pattern, and sense and display the color of a cube. It describes a final assignment where the robot must find, identify, pick up, and move a colored cube to the appropriate side of a game area before returning to its starting position. Tips are provided for getting started with RobotC and simulating programs using the virtual robot environment.
This document provides instructions for assignments using the VEX iQ robot and RobotC programming environment. It outlines 3 programming assignments of increasing difficulty - having the robot accelerate, move in a spiral pattern, and sense and display the color of a cube. It describes a final assignment where the robot must find, identify, pick up, and move a colored cube to the appropriate side of a game area before returning to its starting position. Tips are provided for getting started with RobotC and simulating programs using the virtual robot environment.
VEX iQ program and Virtual Robot ...................................................................................... 1
RobotC 4.X ......................................................................................................................................... 1 RobotC 4.X in VR.VEX.COM “Virtual Robot” (by vex robotics.com) (NOT REQUIRED) ............ 1 Assignments ........................................................................................................................................ 2 Assignment 1. – ”Acceleration” ..................................................................................................... 2 Assignment 2. – ”Lets Take a Spin” ............................................................................................... 2 Assignment 3. – ”What Color” ....................................................................................................... 2 FINAL ASSIGNEMENT “Move the Cube”....................................................................................... 2 INSTRUCTION – VEX IQ 1 (4)
ICT Bioeconomy engineering 11.8.2021
Esa Virta, MEng. BSc.
VEX iQ program and Virtual Robot (vr.vex.com)
By controlling a real robot by following the patterns of operation and procedures in pro- gramming is not only fun, but also extremely demonstrative in learning computer pro- gramming. Right from the start a real programming language is adapted, a RobotC based on C-lan- guage. There is no need to change language on advancing your studies to working life. RobotC -license is free at codeiq.vex.com!
VEX Robotics -concept consists of problem-solving step by step to more demanding
challenges and teamwork. Instead of team members competing each other they should work together to solve assignments and to support one another. Constructive coopera- tion is learned for one of the most important working life skills.
With these tasks we get to robot programming and you can test your program first in simulation and finally with a real robot.
RobotC 4.X ROBOT C-programming platform is available for download at https://www.vexrobot- ics.com/robotc-vexedr-vexiq.html for free. Choose your operating system. 1. Open Graphical RobotC for making the program for VEX iQ robot. 2. Test your programming in the lab in contact lessons with a real VEXiQ-robot.
There is no need to buy any programs or licenses to VEX platform to test your pro- gramming, it is not required nor recommended.
RobotC 4.X in VR.VEX.COM “Virtual Robot” (by vex robotics.com) alternative.
From vr.vex.com you will find freeware program directly. To buy any programs is not required in our Curriculum. HAMK do not provide this environment licensing, as VEXiQ -robot is available at school and easy to download for free.
Verify the compatibility of ”Curriculum Companion” -program to Robots – Clawbot IQ
– control also the connections to match the connections of RobotC-platforms control unit connections. If needed, make changes only on simulator. To test movement, suita- ble is to be found from “Movement”-list ea. “Robot Acceleration” or ”Utility”-list ea.”Huge Table”, which is in use in the real robot too.
In getting to know the ”RobotVirtualWorlds”-simulator and RobotC -programming it is
good to start from Sample Programs and tutorials, to save time with testing the program in the simulator. INSTRUCTION – VEX IQ 2 (4)
ICT Bioeconomy engineering 11.8.2021
Esa Virta, MEng. BSc.
Assignments
Assignment 1. – ”Acceleration” Make a program to VEXiQ robot which makes the robot to accelerate speed steadily for 5 seconds moving straight forward and then stop.
Assignment 2. – ”Lets Take a Spin”
Make a program to VEXiQ robot which makes the robot to move forward in a 3 or 4 round Archimedes’ spiral and then stop. You may check from internet the movement just as a robotic lawn mover in a large field.
Assignment 3. – ”What Color”
Make a program to VEXiQ robot which makes the robot to sense the color of a cube layed in front of it and to illustrate the color with the Touch Led. Program should stop in 2 minutes or by the push of the Touch Led.
Whatever Tutorial’s you may find, are allowed to use.
FINAL ASSIGNEMENT “Move the Cube” - to be submited
Make a Final Program to a VEXiQ robot using RobotC programming environment.
You may use Graphical- or C- environment, it is up to you. This program is to be verified by a real VEXiQ robot in a game area and with colored cubes.
The VEX iQ robot should independently perform the following operation:
1. Robot finds a cube in front of it (cube is app. 7cm x 7cm x 7cm), 2. identifies the color of the cube (red/blue/other), display the color 3. pick the cube up and 4. moves it close to the side of the game area, dependent to color: red to the right – blue to the left - any other color to the back wall. 5. Finally the robot return to the exact location and position where it started.
X. Bonus points are awarded by extra features demonstrated.
GAME AREA There is VEX Game Platform at the HAMK IoT lab in size of 3 x 4 slates (or more) and on its’ sides are barriers where the robot may be allowed to touch (ref. use of the sen- sors).
