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Resources 2021 Summer Camps

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EV3 LEGO MINDSTORM

HOW TO BUILD EV3

Once you finish building it there are 4 Expansion boxes that include decorations and extras you can add to your robot.

DRIVING A EV3

1. Make sure your EV3 is Charged or has batteries.
2. Turn on your Brick (The EV3 Brain).
3. Move to the setting tab using the right button (on the EV3).
4. Once their Rename your Brick.
5. If Bluetooth is ON turn it OFF and ON. If OFF just turn it ON.
6. On a Table head to Settings > Bluetooth.
7. Find the new Name of your brick and connect to it.
8. Open the Robot Commander app.
9. Swipe right until create your own controls appear.
10. Once you select create your own in your screen multiple + signs should appear.
11. Pick one + sign hit it and then hit save.
12. A Joystick-type object should have overlapped + signs.
13. Start driving.

Troubleshooting:
Inside the Commander app select the Red Wrench and reconnect to the Brick's name Bluetooth connection.
(You might need to do this more than one time.)
That should fix 99% of the connection problems.2

GUIDES FOR ACTIVITIES EV3

SUMO WITH COLOR SENSOR

Adding a Color Sensor

Once built, code your EV3 to act accordingly once it sees the tape color it moves away.
If you need help don't hesitate to ask.

COLOR SENSOR

How to add a Color Sensor

Code your EV3 so that it follows the colored tape line.

ADVANCED TROUBLESHOOTING

Schedule
Driving
Build
EV3
Activities
Troubleshooting
Color Sensor

1. Make sure your EV3 is Charged or has batteries.
2. Turn on your Brick (The EV3 Brain).
3. Move to the setting tab using the right button (on the EV3).
4. Once their Rename your Brick.
5. If Bluetooth is ON turn it OFF and ON. If OFF just turn it ON.
6. On a Table head to Settings > Bluetooth.
7. Find the new Name of your brick and connect to it.
8. Open the Robot Commander app.
9. Swipe right until create your own controls appear.
10. Once you select create your own in your screen multiple + signs should appear.
11. Pick one + sign hit it and then hit save.
12. A Joystick-type object should have overlapped + signs.
13. Start driving.

Troubleshooting:
Inside the Commander app select the Red Wrench and reconnect to the Brick's name Bluetooth connection.
(You might need to do this more than one time.)
That should fix 99% of the connection problems.2

SUMO

SUMO

SUMO 1vs1

Welcome to Sumo 1vs1 to start off you will need 2 Teams.
Each team is comprised of a driver and a coach.

  • The driver drives the bot

  • The Coach tells the driver where he should go

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Once you have both teams find one of the three handy circle mats located somewhere in the workshop and bring the two teams to it.

Let the coach from each team to place their bot facing each other it should look something like this:

Driver
Coach
Competition Circle
Bot
#1
Bot
#2
Driver
Coach
MC/Referee

Once both sides are ready, count down and start the match
First team to get their bot out of the Competition Circle loses.

To make it last longer you might want to do it best out of 3.
Also Encourage teams to switch drivers every match.

1v1
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