Rover Robot

Contents

• 1-2 Fable Spin
• 1 Joint module
• 2 wheels 
• 1 castor wheel
• 1 3xy connector
• 1 hub (dongle)
• 1 multi connector
• Arm/gripper to take a sample (build in LEGO or 3D printed)
• GoPro camera (for exam the surface)

Description

The pupils should build a rover robot that can be sent out and collect information about the surroundings (e.g. a planet). The robot should collect its information via sensors. It can be the sensors in the Spin module or from a camera. 

Ideas:

• Get the sensors to react to a specific color
• Get the sensors to react to intentensy of light
• Get the sensors to drive towards the light
• Get the IR sensor to get a message (from another Spin module)
• Get the sensors to react to movement (gesture)
• Get the joint module to collect a sample
• Get the robot to react to input from a camera (GoPro)

The pupils could read about:

A Mars Rover: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_rover 

Nasa’s new Insight from november 2018: https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/timeline/landing/summary/