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First LEGO League Coaching:
First LEGO League (FLL) is a popular, world-wide robotics competition.
160,000 kids registered in 2012.
Build-It-Yourself engineers coach teams to:
- Build a competitive, autonomous robot that can accomplish
multiple FLL challenges.
- Research and present how technology can solve a specific problem in society.
FLL Main Website
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AJ, Patrick
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The 2012 FLL Problem:
Some senior citizens experience a variety of problems as they age.
- lack of exercise
- memory loss
- transportation
- lonliness
Can technology help senior citizens?
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Patrick, AJ, Ruddock, Tyler, Helen, Simru, Jack
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The Mission:
1) Research and build a machine that can improve the quality of life of senior citizens.
2) Build an autonomous robot to enter the senior citizen challenge competition.
Our goal is to learn about robotics and especially to have fun.
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Useful Links - Parents:
Useful Links - FLL Team Members:
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Regional FLL Competition:
Newton North High School
Saturday, November 17, 2012
The BB&N team won the 'FLL Idol' award for the best research project presentation
as voted by their fellow competitors and the general public.
Press Release
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Robot Solution:
We built 4 chassis and settled on one with treads in order to
climb the stairs (worth 65 points).
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Robot Solution:
We built two modular arms. One to get and put chair (30 points)
and one to move the quilt (30 points).
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Robot Solution:
We used wheel rotation sensing because this simplified the program
and was accurate more than 50% of the time.
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Research Solution:
The problem we chose to solve is that a significant percentage of senior citizens
are sad, lonely or depressed.
Our mission is to build a robot that will make senior citizens laugh.
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Research Solution:
We built robotic modules to display a joke, tell your fortune and deliver a cookie.
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Research Solution:
We created playful puppet robots to present the entertainment features.
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Research Solution:
We wrote a Robolab program to integrate all the mechanical modules.
We created a PowerPoint Lab Book to document our project.
Click here to launch.
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Helen
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May humans and machines
coexist peacefully!
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