In this tutorial, we explore the Scratch program used with the Smaller Pancake box robot for our solutions in the FIRST LEGO League 2025–2026 UNEARTHED competition.
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- 05 Aug 2026
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- LEGO Education SPIKE Prime
- FIRST LEGO League 2025-2026 UNEARTHED, FIRST LEGO League, LEGO Education SPIKE App Word Blocks
Instead of looking at every individual block, we focus on how the complete program is organized. You will see how custom movement commands, the yaw sensor, automatic run selection, and shared robot settings work together to keep the program clear, reliable, and easy to adjust.
We also explain how the robot chooses the correct run using its light sensors and how reusable blocks help reduce repeated code. The tutorial shows why a simpler program can make testing, debugging, and last-minute changes much easier during competition preparation.
It is a useful overview for students who want to understand the logic behind the runs and for teachers looking for a simple way to explain how one Scratch program can control an entire competition solution.
Courses and lessons with this Tutorial
This Tutorial is used in the following courses and lessons
FIRST LEGO League 2025-2026 UNEARTHED with SCRATCH - Solutions and Review with Smaller Pancake Box Robot from LEGO Education SPIKE Prime
The FIRST LEGO League 2025-2026 UNEARTHED competition challenges teams to recover artifacts, work around delicate structures, and complete several actions efficiently. This course explores practical solutions using the compact Smaller Pancake box robot.
You’ll study a variety of mission strategies and attachment designs, including active and passive mechanisms, gears, hooks, rubber bands, gravity-powered actions, and alignment techniques. The tutorials explain not only what the robot does, but also why each design and programming decision improves the run.
Each main tutorial is paired with a 10 out of 10 reliability test, showing how consistently the solution performs and how details such as starting position, tire grip, attachment preparation, and mission-model movement can affect the result.
To support fair play, our complete mission solutions are published only after the season has ended. Before starting the course, we recommend reviewing the FIRST LEGO League robot game guide.
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Program Overview
In this tutorial, we explore the Scratch program used with the Smaller Pancake box robot for our solutions in the FIRST LEGO League 2025–2026 UNEARTHED competition.
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