Today, we got to spend the whole morning working with Mr Robot and his assistant, Zachary. They taught us how to code different EZ-Robots using a program called Arc. We learned how to make them move, and how to speak either in their robots voices or in our voices through an audio recording! Here are some pictures and quotes from what we learned:
"I liked how you can make the robot talk." ~ MiM
"It was cool that you could do so many things. It was funny that the robots could ram into other people's robots." ~ Viljo
"It's like you're a parent. You can mould them into what you want and mine was a fighter." ~ Hugh
"It was fun how we could program the robots to do anything basically." ~ Milu
"I learned at the start how to make sound effects with the robot speaking." ~ SS
"I liked how you can change the robot's movements in a split second." ~ LD
"I liked how you could make the robots fight." ~ Nollan
"I liked the coding." ~ MaM
"It was very cool. It did a happy dance." ~ Jaivivaan
We also did other coding activities with them while the robots were charging. For the Algorithm Task, we drew a path on a piece of grid paper. Then, we wrote the instructions for how to travel along the path. This is like the algorithm we use when coding the robots. You need to think about both the movements and the directions of movements so the robots can understand what you want them to do.
The next activity was to make a Binary Bracelet. We did that because robots use Binary as their language. We got a coding sheet that told us how to write our initials using binary code. We used corresponding beads to "write" our initials on the bracelets so the robots could read them.
Last, we played an "If... Then..." game where we did an action if we met the conditions that were given (ex: wearing a hat, being in Grade 4, having braces, etc). Mr Robot gave us an instruction like, "If you're wearing a green shirt, stand up" and we followed it, just like a robot would do. We had a lot of fun today exploring coding!
