Video tutorials

Scores:

If the Swing is released: 20

(mission descriptions source https://www.first-lego-league.org/)

Scores:

Score one or the other

If the Elevator’s moving parts are Independent, and Supported only by its hinges as shown, in the following position:

• Blue Car Down: 15 or
• Balanced: 20

(mission descriptions source https://www.first-lego-league.org/)

 

Scores:

If the Test Building is Independent and Supported only by the blue beams, and some beams have been knocked out at least half way:

• 1 Beam - 10
• 2 Beams - 20
• 3 Beams - 30
• 4 Beams - 40
• 5 Beams - 50 
• 6 Beams - 60

(mission descriptions source https://www.first-lego-league.org/)

Scores:

score one or the other

If there is a team-designed Structure clearly bigger than a Blue Building Unit, built only from your white LEGO bricks

• Completely In any Circle: 15 
• Partly in any Circle: 10

Note: Design and build your own Structure before you compete, then bring that to each Match. You don’t build it during the Match.

Note: Your mission 11 Structure needs to be built from Bag 10 elements only. It can include the red and gray elements. Not all of the Bag 10 elements need to be used.

(mission descriptions source https://www.first-lego-league.org/)

Scores

Only one counts per stack

If an Upgrade (solar panels, roof garden, insulation) is Independent, and Supported only by a Stack which is at least partly in any Circle:

• 10 For Each Upgrade

(mission descriptions source https://www.first-lego-league.org/)

The way you move the robot is always imprecise. Don't TRY to fight with this. Programming motors for competitions like the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) or World Robotics Olympiad (WRO) is not very different from programming the motors in the STEM classes. But there are a few things you should have in mind. 

In a competition environment like the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) or World Robotics Olympiad (WRO) the color sensor is more than useful. It makes positioning on the field quite easy and precise. 

Should the robot be with a Front Wheel Drive or a Rear Wheel Drive to make it more precise? The answer is - front wheel will probably give you better results, but the wheel drive is not the most important thing. In this video tutorial on the LEGO Mindstorms Robots, we will do a few experiments to discuss the influence of the wheel drive on the precision of the movement.  

This video is about a lever that should be pushed and this lever is connected to an axle. This means the lever should rotate. It is a common mission on robotics competitions like FIRST LEGO League/World Robotics Olympiad. The inspiration for this mission is the FLL 2012 Senior Solutions Oven mission. The tutorial uses Luly, a small LEGO Education SPIKE Prime competition robot with 3D building instructions as a robot base.

In this video tutorial we demonstrate an attachment that can accomplish Drop missions. A drop mission is when you have to move on the FIRST LEGO League field with the robot, reach a mission model, and drop a part in this mission model. First time we saw such missions I think was in FLL 2013. The attachment, the robot and the mission model could be build from a single LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor 51515 set. The mechanism for dropping works by releasing a lever when the attachment is pushed against the mission model. Check them out.

In this video tutorial we demonstrate a robot attachment that could be used to lift loops and other objects. Almost every year there is a mission at FIRST LEGO League competitions that involve lifting and the principle is interesting. You can build the attachment, robot and mission model from a single LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor 51515 set and learn a principle of building an attachment for lifting.

It all started with the famous 2017 mission for flipping a manhole and it was one of our favorite missions ever. Here in this tutorial we demonstrate the same principle of flipping a part from one side to the other. Sounds interesting, yes it is, yes it is.

We continue the discussion of the Robot Design category from the FIRST LEGO League Competition. This time we stop on the programming - how to evaluate the programming of the team during its preparation for the competition.