Designing and building working Lego machines to complete a variety of tasks.
To discuss or book this or any of our other workshops, please contact Tally Roberts
We provide the delivery officer and 10 Lego EV3 or 15 Lego NXT Mindstorm kits.
For extended sessions involving programming as well as building, we can also provide 15 laptops for the workshop with the official Lego programming software pre-installed.
Our Lego EV3 units are pre-built in a default set-up called the Ab3rRov3r, as shown below. These allow us the flexibility to look at line-following and/or obstacle detection as part of the challenges set.
The Lego NXT units we have available have a different selection of sensors (a light sensor instead of colour sensor and ultrasound instead of infra-red).
Please note, we no longer offer programming sessions using the NXT Units.
A desk area large enough to accommodate teams of up to 5 members with space to build and floor space for the robot challenges.
A screen/projector for presenting challenges and important information.
For a series of three challenges, 2 hours are recommended.
We recommend these workshops for years 5-13 (ages 10-18).
We have a Lego Mindstorms programming session available which can be adapted to the challenges involved.
Although this can be a stand-alone workshop, we do recommend introducing younger pupils to robotics through our 'What is a Robot?' session.
For older students, we recommend linking this in series with our Artificial Intelligence guided debate.
Unfortunately, this workshop is not available for virtual delivery.
With a variety of tasks available, there is a lot of versatility built into this session.
We hosted our first Ceredigion County Council supported Robot Olympics in June 2023, as part of our Robotics Week celebrations.
This was attended by 300 primary school pupils from across our county. The event was spread over six sessions in three days, allowing 10 teams to participate in each.
The 2023 winning team was from Ysgol Gynradd Aberaeron.