2. ROBOTC for VEX Robotics (VEX IQ) On-Line Session 2014 My name is Jason McKenna I will be leading you through these sessions Teacher for 17 years Hopewell Area School District—Gifted Coordinator History and Elementary Education Certified

3. Part 0 Class Procedures

4. Class Procedure Classes will all be recorded Goals of the class Navigating through the class I can unmute you to speak, just raise your hand Ask questions also via the chat or Q&A Box Questions will be geared towards beginners

5. Tech Check

6. Voice communication – Introduce yourself – Checkmark yourself Screen sharing – DEMO: Starting ROBOTC – LAB: Show your ROBOTC

7. What can you teach with a robot? Type your thoughts in the space below

8. Tools

9. CS2NLearn - The Learning Management System (LMS) – Logging in, and where to post homework Three Main Pieces of Software – 1. WebEX – 2. ROBOTC Application – 3. ROBOTC Curriculum / Tutorial Videos

10. Tools The Forums – Class Forum for announcements and asking questions can be found under the Announcements and Information section: – http://www.robotc.net/forums/ Active ROBOTC Community

11. Monday Hardware Overview

12. Hardware Overview VEX IQ Brain – 12 Ports: Connect any device to any port! Remote Control – Wireless 900mhz remote control allows both autonomous programming and remote control Smart Motors – Tons of features (more on this soon) Available Sensors – Bumper (Physical Touch) – Touch LED (Capacitive Touch) – Color – Gyro – Distance (Sonar)

13. Preparing the VEX IQ Robot Before we can begin programming, we’ll need to get a few things prepared – Updating VEX IQ Brain – Updating VEX IQ Motors – Updating VEX IQ Sensors – Installing ROBOTC Firmware Software Required: – VEX IQ Firmware Update utility – ROBOTC for VEX Robotics 4.X

14. VEX IQ Robot—Firmware Update

15. 1.Plug all devices into the Robot Brain and plug the Robot brain into your computer via USB 2.Turn on the Robot Brain

16. VEX IQ Robot—Firmware Update 3. Open the VEX IQ Firmware Updater and click “Update All Components”

17. VEX IQ Hardware Configuration Important Note: – Your VEX IQ brain will only recognize newly connected devices when first “powered up” – If you connect, move, or disconnect any VEX IQ device - make sure to power your robot off and then back on!

18. VEX IQ Clawbot Our robot for this class is the “VEX IQ Clawbot” Four Motors Used – Port 1: Left Drive Motor (leftMotor) – Port 6: Right Drive Motors (rightMotor) – Port 10: Lifter Arm Motor (armMotor) – Port 11: Gripper/Claw Motor (clawMotor) Left Drive Right Drive Lifter Arm Gripper

19. VEX IQ Clawbot Standard Sensor Ports – Port 2: Touch LED – Port 3: Color sensor – Port 4: Gyro sensor – Port 7: Distance Sensor – Port 8: Bumper Switch

20. Battery—charge after today’s class

23. Getting Started Watch About VEX IQ & Your First Program Videos in the Getting Started Section Videos discuss the VEX IQ System, writing your first program, and downloading your first program These videos will get you acquainted with ROBOTC Graphical and the VEX IQ Curriculum The 3 rd video in the Your First Program Sections discusses camera controls in the Robot Virtual World, we can skip that video for right now.

24. Monday First Program – Moving Forward

25. Before You Begin Make sure you have done the following: – Updated the VEX IQ Brain, Motors and Sensors – Installed ROBOTC Firmware – Chose the correct compiler target

26. Moving Forward The basics of programming with the ROBOTC Graphical Programming language is to take a command from the function library and drag it into the editor. Let’s start with the Forward command block

27. Moving Forward Mini Challenge: 50 cm Challenge – Program your robot to travel exactly 50 cm! – Place two pieces of tape so they are 50cm apart from each other on the VEX IQ Challenge Field – Place your robot so that the front wheels are on the tape.