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Hour of code with robotics

2 December 2018
Cross-platform, EV3, WeDo
Challenge ideas
News and Events

The Hour of Code is a global initiative to introduce young people (and those young at heart) to computer science. The Hour of Code takes place during Computer Science Education Week, which is held annually […]

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Hour of code with robotics

Cross-platform, EV3, WeDo
Challenge ideas
News and Events

Cranes

19 November 201821 November 2018
Cross-platform, EV3
Challenge ideas

Posted by Katie

In this series of challenges, students will design and build motorized crane that uses a pulley and a string to lift and lower heavy objects. They can incorporate gears into the design to provide enough […]

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Cranes

Cross-platform, EV3
Challenge ideas

New Dr. E’s Challenges

27 September 201827 September 2018
BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
Challenge ideas
Featured
News

Posted by Barbara Bratzel

It’s time for a new cycle of Dr. E’s Challenges. The October challenge, Sports Player, is a joint challenge of both Dr.E’s WeDo Challenges and Dr. E’s MINDSTORMS Challenges. Sports Player: Goal! Touchdown! Home Run! Build a […]

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New Dr. E’s Challenges

BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
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Featured
News

Harvey Mk II: Improved quick EV3 robot build

27 September 201827 September 2018
EV3
Challenge ideas
How to

Posted by John Burfoot

Harvey Mk II is an improved version of the ever-popular Harvester quick EV3 robot build that was published in 2013. This version features improved stability and has more LEGO connection holes for external attachments. Building instructions: […]

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Harvey Mk II: Improved quick EV3 robot build

EV3
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How to

Rapidly Prototyping Strider Ver 3 to be Smoother, Stronger, Faster

30 August 201827 September 2018
Cross-platform
Challenge ideas
Reflections

Posted by Wade

This summer we used our Strider optimizer coupled with rapid prototyping in LEGO to refine its 10-bar linkage. In a tiny fraction of the time it took us to refine TrotBot’s linkage in our garage, we […]

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Rapidly Prototyping Strider Ver 3 to be Smoother, Stronger, Faster

Cross-platform
Challenge ideas
Reflections

Snail car

23 August 201827 September 2018
BOOST, Cross-platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
Challenge ideas
Featured

Posted by Barbara Bratzel

Challenge Use gears to make a motorized car that moves as slowly as possible. Here are the rules: Your snail must include a power source such as an EV3 brick or WeDo hub, one or […]

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Snail car

BOOST, Cross-platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
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Featured

Ramp climber

23 August 201823 August 2018
BOOST, Cross-platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
Challenge ideas

Posted by Barbara Bratzel

The challenge Design and build a car that can climb as steep a ramp as possible. Engineers repeatedly test their creations and use the results to make improvements to their designs. As you test your […]

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Ramp climber

BOOST, Cross-platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
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Hurricane Disaster Recovery

19 April 201823 April 2018
Cross-platform
Challenge ideas

Posted by Lana Pereira

I teach a robotics class at a middle school in Central Florida near Orlando. My classes are mostly 6th grade with a few 7th graders, and I have between 30 and 32 students per class. In […]

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Hurricane Disaster Recovery

Cross-platform
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DIY Walkers: Klann’s Mechanical Spider

26 March 20183 May 2018
Cross-platform
Challenge ideas
Reflections

Posted by Ben Vagle

This creation is a LEGO-based version of Klann’s Mechanical Spider, which makes use of one of the best known walking mechanisms, the Klann linkage. The Klann linkage was designed by mechanical engineer Joe Klann and […]

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DIY Walkers: Klann’s Mechanical Spider

Cross-platform
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EV3 Sensors

22 March 201827 March 2018
EV3
Challenge ideas
Reference

Posted by John Burfoot

Sensors provide robots with information about their environment. With the sensors that come with the EV3, you can make a robot respond to being touched, react when someone or something comes too close, follow a line, […]

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EV3 Sensors

EV3
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New Dr E’s MINDSTORMS and WeDo Challenges

13 February 201823 April 2018
BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
Challenge ideas
News

Posted by Barbara Bratzel

Dr. E’s WeDo Challenges and Dr. E’s MINDSTORMS Challenges have launched new cycles of challenges, one each month from February through May. Created by Professor Ethan Danahy of Tufts University, these sites encourage students from around the world to find creative solutions […]

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New Dr E’s MINDSTORMS and WeDo Challenges

BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
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News

Using PocketLab with Simple & Powered Machines

16 November 201722 December 2017
Machines & Mechanisms
Challenge ideas
Reflections

Posted by Susan Bitetti

What happens when you pair LEGO Education’s Simple & Powered Machines set with a pocket-sized all-in-one set of sensors? This summer, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach hosted a group of science and technology […]

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Using PocketLab with Simple & Powered Machines

Machines & Mechanisms
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