Lesson 5 Design brief worksheet 5.1 – My program
In the future robots will be our helpers. We already have Roomba the robot vacuum cleaner, so this future isn’t too far away. Think of a useful task that your robot can perform, and then write a program for it to do that task.
Here are some examples:
- Dance to music – an entertainment robot
- Vacuum cleaner – very handy in the home
- Security robot – keep your pencil case safe
1. Discuss
Discuss this with your partner or other students to decide on a useful robot application that you can program.
2. Describe
Before you start writing your program describe below the problem that your robot is going to solve and how it is going to solve it.
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My robot will solve this by…__________________________________________________
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3. Write your program
Plan your program before you start to put icons into place. Use the icons that you have learned to use, but you may also try out other icons.
4. Failure?
Not everything works out the way you think it will first time. No sweat! Try again, but first describe what went wrong. Why didn’t your program work first time? Remember this: Thomas Edison famously failed 10,000 times before he successfully invented the light bulb! So, keep trying!
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