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Platform: Cross-Platform

Although some posts in this category provide advice specific to one or more platforms, all contain inspirational challenge ideas or other suggestions for the classroom that are relevant to more than one platform.

Obstacle Course

  • Cross-Platform, EV3
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Reflections

Crash Test Dummy

  • Cross-Platform, EV3
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections

Chair for Mr Bear

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, RCX, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Getting Started

Assistive Technology: Making Lives Easier

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

Sturdy Tower

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

Going the Distance

  • Cross-Platform, EV3
  • Challenge Ideas

Build X

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Getting Started

Build a Duck

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Getting Started
  • Pedagogy

Figure 8

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

Relay Race

  • Cross-Platform, EV3
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections

Linkage Warm Ups 2: LEGO Jumpers and Hoppers

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

Linkage Warm Ups 1: LEGO Punchers and the 4-Bar Linkage

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Reflections

Silly Walks

  • Cross-Platform, EV3
  • Challenge Ideas

Write Better Code with Design Patterns in EV3

  • Cross-Platform, EV3
  • Big Ideas

Hour of Code With Robotics

  • Cross-Platform, EV3, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas
  • News

Using Video to Assess Robotics Students

  • Cross-Platform
  • Big Ideas
  • Pedagogy

Cranes

  • Cross-Platform, EV3
  • Challenge Ideas

Rapidly Prototyping Strider – Smoother, Stronger, Faster

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Reflections

Snail Car

  • BOOST, Cross-Platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas

Ramp Climber

  • BOOST, Cross-Platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas

Hurricane Disaster Recovery

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

DIY Walkers: Klann’s Mechanical Spider

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Inspiration
  • Reflections

Insights From Robodogs Robotics Summer Camp

  • Cross-Platform, EV3
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections

Hexapod TrotBot: A classroom-friendly DIY walker

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Reflections

Why Doesn’t My Robot Drive Straight?

  • Cross-Platform, EV3
  • Featured
  • How To
  • Pedagogy

General LEGO Technic and robotics books

  • Cross-Platform
  • Reference

EV3 TrotBot Version 2: Inspired by a Galloping Horse

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Reflections

DIY Walkers: Strider

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Reflections

Cookie Decorating Robot

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

The Maze Challenge: Great for all levels and ages

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

DIY Walkers: The TrotBot walking mechanism

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Reflections

Crossing the Gap

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

Dragster

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

The Sound of Music

  • Cross-Platform, EV3
  • Challenge Ideas

NXT exercises – One approach

  • Cross-Platform, NXT
  • Challenge Ideas

Assessing student work in robotics and engineering

  • Cross-Platform
  • Getting Started
  • Pedagogy

A Week in the Life #8: Moving With Linkages

  • Cross-Platform, EV3
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections

Design, build, and program recycling solutions

  • Cross-Platform, NXT
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Pedagogy

Robotics Competitions

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, RCX
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Reference

GPS accuracy testing with LEGO bricks

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

Wait Time

  • Cross-Platform
  • Pedagogy

Iteration, collaboration, and documentation

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

Energy losses

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

Iteration and efficiency

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

How to build and safely use a bridge tester

  • Cross-Platform
  • Pedagogy

TrotBot Walking Machine

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Featured

The Incredible Machine

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

Regular, old, LEGO Engineering (and some accidental learning)

  • Cross-Platform
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections

EV3 Projectile Launcher

  • Cross-Platform, EV3
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Featured

Mathematics and LEGO robotics at CIPCE

  • Cross-Platform
  • Big Ideas
  • News

Greenhouse Challenge

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

Boom-gate intersection (EV3 Hackathon 2015)

  • Cross-Platform, EV3
  • Challenge Ideas

Experimental determination of Pi

  • Cross-Platform
  • Big Ideas
  • Challenge Ideas

Learning sequence: Learn to build with LEGO

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, RCX, WeDo
  • Getting Started

Exploring Thresholds

  • Cross-Platform, EV3
  • Big Ideas
  • Challenge Ideas

Robotics, LEGO, first day… What do I do?!

  • Cross-Platform
  • Getting Started

Learning sequence: Learn about gears

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, RCX, WeDo
  • Getting Started

Carnival LEGO

  • Cross-Platform, Machines & Mechanisms
  • Challenge Ideas

Shake table

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

Virtual Explosion!

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

STEM curriculum from Georgia Tech

  • Cross-Platform
  • News

The 6 tile challenge

  • Cross-Platform, NXT
  • Challenge Ideas

The Wave and Beyond

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

Music box

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas

Fan-tastic

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, ROBOLAB, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas

Robo-Sundae: The Experiment

  • Cross-Platform, LabVIEW
  • Challenge Ideas

Strongest shape

  • Cross-Platform, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas

Light at the beginning of the tunnel

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, ROBOLAB
  • Challenge Ideas

Smart house

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, RCX, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas

Cross country adventure

  • Cross-Platform, NXT
  • Challenge Ideas

Clap-on clap-off!

  • Cross-Platform, NXT
  • Challenge Ideas

Echo locator

  • Cross-Platform, NXT
  • Challenge Ideas

Dancing robot

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, RCX, ROBOLAB
  • Challenge Ideas

Find the hidden letter

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, RCX, ROBOLAB
  • Challenge Ideas

Tomb raider

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, RCX
  • Challenge Ideas

Ultrasonic touch guitar

  • Cross-Platform, NXT
  • Challenge Ideas

Zombie attack

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, RCX, ROBOLAB
  • Challenge Ideas

Sound display

  • Cross-Platform, NXT
  • Challenge Ideas

Drive in a square

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, RCX
  • Challenge Ideas

Tunnel vision

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, RCX
  • Challenge Ideas

General building tips and tricks

  • Cross-Platform
  • Getting Started
  • How To

Light theremin

  • Cross-Platform, NXT
  • Challenge Ideas
  • How To

Science through LEGO Engineering

  • Cross-Platform
  • Getting Started

Amusement park ride

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, ROBOLAB
  • Challenge Ideas

Rotation sensor challenge

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

How can we build a sturdy wall?

  • Cross-Platform, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Getting Started

Things that go bump

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, RCX
  • Challenge Ideas

Tractor pull

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, RCX, ROBOLAB
  • Challenge Ideas

Voting booth

  • Cross-Platform, NXT, RCX
  • Challenge Ideas

Real World Engineering: Using the NXT to break apart blood clots

  • Cross-Platform, NXT
  • Big Ideas
  • Reflections

NXT science / engineering fair experiments

  • Cross-Platform, LabVIEW, NXT
  • Challenge Ideas

Artificial Intelligence: Exploring Movement

  • Cross-Platform, NXT
  • Challenge Ideas

Real world engineering: Using the NXT for earthquake simulation

  • Cross-Platform, NXT
  • Big Ideas

Walking robots

  • Cross-Platform
  • Reflections

MIDI and the NXT

  • Cross-Platform, LabVIEW, NXT
  • How To

It’s not rocket science: Keep it simple!

  • Cross-Platform, NXT
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Getting Started
  • Pedagogy

The Robo-Basketballer challenge

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Reflections

Third Wheel

  • Cross-Platform, EV3, NXT
  • Getting Started
  • How To
multiple pendulum streams

Pendulum mathematics

  • Cross-Platform, NXT
  • Big Ideas

Robotics: Assistive devices for the future

  • Cross-Platform
  • Getting Started

General Advice for Getting Started

  • Cross-Platform
  • Getting Started
  • Pedagogy
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