The 2020 challenge will be posted March lst and the event is live May 21st over facebook and zoom

visit us in March in the mean time get your CARL 7 skills up to speed

Old 2919 challenge below (schools still use the content for practice and in school challenges)

All challenges are on our twitter feed with examples

See the Maze challenge at the bottom of this page

Welcome to the CodeMyRobot.ca 2018 Dancing robot challenge .   Starts  Nov/Dec 2018 to May 2019

Helpful video illustrates what you want to do in the clock challenge     video clock challenge

1. How to draw the clock playing field is here    clock
2. Create the clock with a dry erase pen (to ensure you can wipe it off later)
3. Place your robot in the middle circle ,  have it go between the lines at 12, 3, 6, 9pm then spin in the middle and stop.     We are not looking for the fastest time,   (tip: as batteries drain so will your speed, so your code is always changing)
4. CARL 6 robots come with basic code see the example on this site under code
5. Download the Arduino IDE which allows you to code the robot
6. Start coding your robot to do the clock dance,  here is an example of a clock code,   clock code
7. Open your video setting on your phone, turn to the lowest setting
8. Video your dance
9. Ask your librarian teacher to use the upload feature on this site
10. Cut and paste the code into wordpad and save in the RTF format and upload it as well
11. If that upload does not work:  Send to uploadcodemyrobot@gmail.com
12. With your Student or team Name, School, copy of your code, name of teaching librarian.
13. All students will receive participation awards, and your school is entered in winning classroom sets of CARL 6’s

We ask all schools to submit the dancing robot challenge before completing the MAZE challenge.  They can be completed at the sametime if you are new to CodeMyRobot.

Those who complete the MAZE by May 30th will get another challenge.  both challenges will end June 15th.

1. Building on your dancing coding experience, complete coding for the MAZE then upload the video and code
2. How to create the maze,  there are two examples on https://twitter.com/codemyrobot and this link
3. Using thin white pieces of paper make the walls of the maze.
4. Place your robot at the beginning of the maze
5. Travel through the maze without touching the sides, then turn around and come back to the beginning , do a 360 and stop.   fastest time wins their own robot and 2 more for the library.    You can upload as many videosas you want.
6. The Maze,  size the pathway as follows :   the path is 10 inches wide at all points,  the first straight path is 12 inches long,  then turn right for 14 inches,  then turn left for 15 inches , turn left another 30 inches, then turn right for 15 inches,  turn around and return to the beginning.   see picture on twitter .
7. Open your video setting on your phone, turn to the lowest setting
8. Video your challenge and calculate your time
9. Ask your librarian teacher to use the upload video, time and code ,  With your Student or team Name, School, copy of your code, name of teaching librarian. and time.
10. All students will receive participation awards, and your school is entered in winning classroom sets of CARL 6’s