Exploring Robotics with Scribbler

EXPLORING ROBOTICS WITH SCRIBBLER

ACTIVITY OBSERVATIONS WORKSHEET Name: Date:

Class: Teacher:

Lesson 1: Scribbler Lights Up

Activity 1 - Turn on the Lights

Put an X in the box for each item as you complete the parts of the activity:

Pre-Activity Check List:

1. Fresh/Charged Batteries installed into the Scribbler 2 robot. 2. Scribbler Connected to your computer via USB cable and USB to Serial. 3. Clear area to work with the Robot still connected to your computer. 4. Review the LED Tile Documentation

Activity Checklist:

A: Turn on One Light

1. Open Scribbler Program Maker Software

2. Locate the LED Tile

3. Insert the LED Tile in-between start and end tiles

4. Review the panel and instructions on how to turn the lights on and off

5. Set the center light on

6. Upload the program to the S2

7. Run the program

B: Turn on All Lights

8. Modify settings to turn all lights on

9. Upload the program to the S2

10. Run the program

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ACTIVITY OBSERVATIONS WORKSHEET Concepts

Answer these questions after watching the videos.

1. What is an LED?

2. Compare and contrast an incandescent light bulb and an LED light.

3. What is the difference between AC power and DC power?

4. What type of power does your robot use?

5. Why is it important to install batteries in a particular direction?

Observations

Enter your observations for this activity here:

6. What happened when you ran the program?

7. Were you able to successfully complete the activity? If not, why - what happened?

8. Did the robot operate as you anticipated? If not, what happened?

9. Were you able to modify the lights to turn all lights on? If not, why not?

10. Optional - Insert a picture of the completed activity – Robot and Program Maker Screen

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