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| Here you can find building and programming instructions using the Robot Educator model. |
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| Here you can access the mindstorms website for tools, downloads and information. |
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| This is the space on the screen where programming takes place. Drag programming blocks from the programming palette to the work area and attach the blocks to the sequence beam. |
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| This includes the most frequently used commands from the menu in an easy-to-reach location. |
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| Here you can always get help if needed. |
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| Use the pan tool on the tool bar to move around the _____________ (tab in the lower right corner) to get an overview. |
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| This contains all of the programming blacks you will need to create programs. The tabs at the bottom let you switch between the common palette (most fequently used blocks), and the custom palette (containing blocks that you can download or create on your own, the complete palette (containing all of the blocks). |
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| Each programming block has a _________ _____ that lets you customize the block for the specific input and output that you want. |
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| The five buttons on the controller let you download programs from your computer to the NXT. With this you can also change the settings of the NXT. |
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| This pop-up window provides information about the NXT memory and communication settings. |
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| This enables the robot to produce sounds and noises which includes words which are pre-recorded. |
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| The _____ ____ allows you to control specific types of behavior related to various output devices: the Interactive Servo Motor, NXT Sounds, NXT Display, Bluetooth (Send), Motors* and Lamps*. |
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| This controls whether an image appears on the NXT bot, this allows you to choose an image. |
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| To _ _ _ _ the recorded motion |
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| The ____ ____ option (located in the Sound -> Action command), will command your robot to say a word from the list provided. |
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| This displays a certain phrase or words on the screen of the robot. |
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| The ____ option (located in the Sound -> Action command), will allow you to create your own music/sound for your robot to play. |
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| Use these blocks to add text, convert data to text, control the sleep function of the NXT, save files on the NXT, calibrate sensors, and reset motors. |
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| A block that allows you to display images on your bot |
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| Is the location of the most frequently used commands for programming |
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| This block allows you to control the noise the robot produces |
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| Contains all of the various programming blocks. |
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| This navigation button allows you to control your robot when to s _ o _. |
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| This tool lets you download programs (or parts of programs) from your computer to the NXT. With this, you can also change the settings on your NXT. |
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These D_ _ _ B_ _ _ _ _ set up Boolean logic, random conditions, ranges and threshold for sensors and logical comparisons. |
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| The d______ command tells the robot to move in a certain way. Either forward, backwards, left or right. |
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| You can type, show icons or even draw through your program. It controls the d_ _ _ _ _ _ on you NXT. |
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| lets you control what is on the NXTs screen. You can type, show icons or even draw through your program |
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| If this box isn’t clicked the robot continues displaying the previous image but imprints the new designated image on top of the previous one. If this block is clicked, the previous imaged shall be cleared from the screen. |
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| Using the duration setting and selecting degrees, you can control how far your robot can travel by setting how many degrees it can turn. |
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| Determines how many full turns of the wheel the robot will make. |
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| The amount of time that robot will keep moving |
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| Directs the robot to complete an action for no set amount of time/rotations/degrees. |
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| The category for the different options for image/sound. |
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| These allow you to create more complex behaviors. Blocks include control for Repeat, Wait For and Variable conditions; blocks to Stop behavior or logical fl ow in a program; and Decision blocks to program responses to specifi c sensor conditions. |
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| Repeats an action for a specified amount of times |
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| This is where you can find your way around the program and assistance can be proided if needed. |
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| This selection allows the programmer to set the robot to continue an action before a new block commands otherwise. |
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| This sensor detects the varying levels of light reflected off the surface of an object. |
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| Located in the 'Data' section in the 'complete palette' tab on the left side of the screen- it is used to make decisions based on two binary inputs. The configuration panel allows you to choose how the block makes the decision. |
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| If you want the robot to continue to do the same thing over and over. |
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| This block commands or sets the robot to move in a direction set by the user. It can ____ forward or backwards and straight or turn a corner. |
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| It makes your robot Motors move or Lamps turn on. |
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| On the custom palette, it allows you to save a program as one block that can be reused. |
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| It is the transition between one action to the next |
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| The pitch at which a single sound is played by the robot for the specified time. |
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| This pop-up w_ _ _ _ _ will give you information about your N_ _'s memory and communication settings. |
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| The ____ feature at the top of the configuration panel enables you to match the ____s on your NXT Brick with the wires from the robot’s motors. |
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| The first port on the NXT. |
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| The second port on the NXT. |
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| The third port on the NXT. |
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| The fourth port on the NXT. |
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| This shows the current P_______ of the text/image file and can be adjusted by changing the X and Y coordinates. |
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| This determines the speed and acceleration of the Robot whilst moving. |
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| The pr____ pa______ contains the different types of application/blocks which have different instructions which will help create the programs. There are three tabs at the bottom. The bottom tab contains the most frequently used blocks, the complete palette contains all blocks and the custom palette which contains blocks that we can download or have been created by ourselves. |
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| This block enables you to program the robot with physical movement - and later play back the movement elsewhere in the program. |
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| The blocks corresponds to Touch, Sound, Light and Ultrasonic Sensors. |
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| This is used to play a sound file or tone and to compose a melody of tones, arrange several s____ b___s in a row. |
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| Enables the robot to make sounds, including pre-recorded words. This part of the common menu controls the audio in relation to the NXT brick’s actuators which included pre-recorded words (sound blocks). |
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| Steering allows you to control wether your robot travels left, right or forward and how it spins. |
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| The S_ _ _ block ceases all movement of the robot immediately. |
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| Enables the robot to make its own decisions, such as going left when it hears a loud sound and turning right when it hears a soft sound. |
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| The medium between the white reading and the black reading, obtained by adding the white and the black together then dividing by 2. |
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