Assembling the mBot

 We took apart the mBots into all the pieces that make it. We are doing this to understand how to fix it if it goes wrong while we are using it.

These are all the parts of the mBot.

We then put the mBot back together.

We then needed to test the movement of the mBot to make sure we had put it together properly.

This is the mBot running correctly using this code. If the left and right were wrong when we tested it, we would have had to switch the two power cables around to the motors.

Making the mBot Move in a Square Shape

 

We used a move forward block and a turn left block. We had to adjust the power and time on the turn left block until we got it to move to 90 degrees. This is called ITERATION, when you make small changes to your code to improve it.

When it was correct, we put it in a repeat block to do the same actions 4 times to make a square.

Robotics in the Stars

 Learning Intention

To try and get the mBot to draw a star shape for Matariki.