Jayden, Jasmine, Nayla and I, 4 out of 20 students in CSSJ’s robotics class this semester, programmed a Sphero to deliver Lifesavers and Tic Tacs to a neighboring classroom. These students programmed the robot on Sphero app, so that it would roll out of John’s room, take a left, roll forward for 5 seconds at max speed, stop and wait in front of Wan’s classroom for 25 seconds (He’s old!) because they have to give Wan enough time to pay and pick up the candies, and then roll back to John’s room. They made the cart out of food carton and wheels out of bottle caps.
Previously, students learned to program in Minecraft to walk the programmable agent in certain directions, and also draw a house with robots. Robotics students learned to troubleshoot mistakes and quirks, including how to time correctly to spell MATH as a class using Spheros. Nayla said “It was kinda hard because I had to make sure the letters were coming together and some robots [weren’t] even moving.” She had to shorten the time and make sure she aim the robot right.
