[Year 12 IT Apps] Robotics

[Therese Keane]

Hi Jayanti

Mindstorms is great - especially with the First lego League challenge that
the students could work towards. I taught Robotics with lego in the mid
1990¹s, however things have considerably improved and the devices are
wireless now. My suggestion is to look at the Lego EV3 and tap into the
FIRST challenges. (http://firstaustralia.org/) Incidentally, Swinburne
University will be the Victorian hub for the FIRST Lego League commencing
in 2015.

Regards
Therese

Dr Therese Keane
Lecturer in ICT Skills Development
Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology
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On 8/12/2014 12:02 pm, "Nayak, Jayanti S"
<nayak.jayanti.s at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I teach programming to Year-10 students. I want to see if I can
>incorporate/demonstrate programming using  a robot. I see that there are
>"Lego Mindstorm" and "Bioloid Beginner Robot Kit" that can be used (both
>costing around $500 each). If anyone has taught Robotics, can you suggest
>which one is a good option.
>
>Ms. Nayak,
>Info Tech Teacher,
>Sunbury College, 30, Race Course Road,
>Sunbury - 3429.
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