About this Web page¶

This Web page contains some resources for the 2015 Lego Mindstorm FLL used by the Lakeview Lions.

The contents of this page is availabele in different formats. This includes

• HTML (this page)
• PDF
• epub

The contents of this page is maintained on github.com. Please send suggestions for improvements to <laszewski@gmail.com>.

First Lego League¶

This years FLL is all about trash. There are a number of Web pages dedicated to this effort. This includes:

• First Lego League
• Team resources

Videos:

• Introduction Video
• Project Video
• Robot Challenge

Trash Challange links¶

• EPA summary on waste generation in the U.S.
• IU Sustainebility programs
• IU Football trash
• Satelite Image of Hoisier Disposal (it’s big)
• ` Monro County Educational presentations <http://www.mcswmd.org/education.presentations.html>`_
• Fukushima Robot

http://sp.mdot.ms.gov/Maintenance/thinkgreen/Documents/Educational/Albert%20workbook%20web.pdf

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/landfill.htm

• http://www.virginiatrekkers.com/Recycling/Recycling.html

Robot¶

There are many cool designs for robots that we need to explore to master the FLL chalanges. One such Robot that seems to be very useful s a robot called Sirius. The BUilding instructions are avialable as

• HTML Instructions
• LXF File
• Video

The person that designed this robot has a Youtube Channel:

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuXq-jiU0ANeBcF_Tvq1D7g

Attachments are also Available

• Doggear (Video)
• Wormgear (Video)

Possible useful ideas to build attachments include:

• Forklift Attachment 1 (Video)
• Forklift Attachment 2 (Video)

LDD¶

A free lego design program allowing you to build and view 3D lego instructions on your MAC, PC, or ipad is available at

• http://ldd.lego.com/

We recommend that you download this program so you can view the LXF instructions conveniently. Once you start the program, you have different views, one of them is th ebuild view that allows you to see a step by step guide on how to build the robot. The computer instructions are superior in contrast to the paper printed instructions.

We found however that the instructions may be different on different coputers. We suggest that you find an easy to follow set. In order to provide one such set for a robot such as sirrius, we have included them in html format in a nother section of this document.

Free Lego Programming software¶

The free Lego software that runs the robot can be found on the lego site:

• http://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/downloads/download-software

You can download the software for free on your PC or Mac and explore how the basics of programming work. This program provides an easy to use drag and drop visual programming grahical user interface.

The software does unfortunately not run on iPADs or tablets. However there seems to be an educational version that may be able to do that. However the version costs $99. Due to the small screen size of tablets this may not be that useful. If you have experience with it, please let us know.

Simulator (Under investigation)¶

There are two lego simulatoros available that allow the use of a simulator to learn how to program.

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Either of them cost $50 and do not require the robot set. That means you can simulate a robot and its behavior on the computer. We do not have any experience in using them, so if you have experience with them send me a mail.