Today we focused on the software/programming side of things. We first observed the code that Richard had done that used the EV3 colour sensor. It was slow but smooth.
Next we used the EV3 lessons and did the move straight challenge. We did some guess and checking and got it right with time. With rotations it was a bit more difficult. So we measured the degrees using the motors. We then divided the degrees (1273) by 360 because there are 360 degrees in a circle.
We used the colour sensor to make it stop when it detected green. This was interesting as we tried it on our mat that is a light shade of green. That didn’t work. We then tried it again and it worked. Once!!! But we couldn’t get it to do that again. I was leaning over at the time so maybe it was some sort of shadow. We then tried it on a green LEGO Brick that worked every time.
Next week we will explore the colour sensor even more.
Our Mindstorm adventure continues.