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Robotics

Current Plan:
Extend an invitation to Middle School students (Grade 6-8) who have participated in the 4-H Robotics program, and/or any Lego Robotics educational experience in school, to participate in a 4-H Robotics Team Challenge at the Nebraska State Fair. The Challenge will include:

-- Min. 16 individuals, to create 4 teams of 4 students each. Teams will be based on the drawing of names.

-- Each team will be given a partial Mindstorms Robotics kit and instructions for building a pre-determined robot. Included will be additional sensors (light, touch, rotation, etc.)

-- Teams will also be asked to rate themselves and teammates on teamwork, cooperation, effort and planning, and provide a short presentation to judges about their experience with this challenge following their Challenge Run.

Equipment/Costs:

-- Lego Mindstorms kits provided by NE 4-H SET.

Scheduling:

-- 1st Weekend, Saturday. Challenge Time - 9am-Noon, check-in 8:30.

-- The Challenge run - 1 pm, estimated time of event 30-45 minutes.

 

 

   4-H Robotics Challenge Event

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-- All teams, at the same time, will be given an information packet on the Challenge and shown the Challenge Arena (with obstacles). And, they are then given 3 hours to build, program and test their robot on the arena.

--The Challenge Run Event -- each team will be giving 2 attempts to run the Challenge course.

-- Scoring will be based on : 1. the number of course challenges completed in the arena, 2. fewest programming steps, and 3. the time of completion of the course. If robot does not complete the course, scoring will be based on challenges completed, programming steps for completed tasks, and the time used to complete partial course.