Spike Prime Robots

Spike Prime Robots

1. Sensors

   • Distance
     • Measures closer/farther than
       • Responds to objects/obstructions
   • Touch
     • Gives robot sense of touch
       • Can detect if its being pressed and the amount of pressure
   • Colour
     • Light
       • Can detect colour on any object
     • What colours
       • Pink, Blue, Cyan, Green, Yellow, Red, White and Black

2. Parts

   • Ports
     • What are they?
       • A, B, C, D, E, F, G
     • Used to connect different sensors and motors to the main hub
       • Connected via cables
   • Spike Hub
     • Programmable control unit with a light and button interface
       • Interactive buttons
   • USB Cable
     • Connecting the robot to computer
       • Transferring data and performing firmware updates
   • Wheels
     • Moving around
       • Speed, Degrees, Rotations, Seconds, cm

3. Motors

   • Medium Motor
     • What is it?
       • Low-profile design, integrated rotation sensor with absolute positioning and 1-degree accuracy.
   • Large Motor
     • What is it?
       • High-power, high-torque applications, featuring an integrated rotation sensor and absolute positioning for true straight-line control.
   • Gyro
     • What is it?
       • measures the rate of rotation in degrees per second and keeps track of the total angle of rotation in degrees

4. Softwares

   • Lego Education Spike
     • Programming Languages
       • Icon Blocks, World Blocks and Python
     • What is it?
       • Develop computational thinking skills using a progression of icon-block, word-block, and text-based coding
     • Where to download?
       • Lego Spike Prime Website

5. Resources for Coding

   • Extensions
     • Used to create complex codes for complex projects
       • Extra functions for code
   • Website Help Center
     • Letting customers to help themselves
       • E.g., how to connect to the robot

6. Constraints/Limitations

   • Coding Environments
     • Quiet/Loud
       • Humid/Cold
   • Time
     • Busy Schedule
       • Limited time
   • Skills
     • Low-Experience/ High-Experience
       • Achievements by skills

7. Code samples: Line and Object Detection

   • What is line detection?
     • Sensor used
       • Colour sensor
     • An automated vehicle that follows a visual line embedded on the surface. This visual line is a path on which the line-follower robot runs.
   • What is object detection
     • Sensor Used
       • Distance sensor
     • The Distance Sensor measures distance to an object or surface using ultrasound. The sensor works by sending out high frequency sound waves that bounce off any object in range, and measuring how long it takes the sound to return to the sensor.