(G8-12) VEX Metal V5 | Robotfun Academy

(G8-12) VEX Metal V5 Robotics Foundation

VEX V5 is a robotics platform designed for educational use, featuring a metal-based construction system with bolt-together parts, a programmable "V5 Brain" control unit, a dedicated controller for wireless operation, and smart motors that allow students to build and program robots with varying levels of complexity, ideal for learning STEM concepts through hands-on robotics projects; it provides flexibility for both novice and experienced users to design and build custom mechanisms while offering real-time feedback through the controller and brain interface.

Robo Rally

Use proportional reasoning and scale to design a race course for the Speedbot with mathematical reasoning, proportional reasoning and iterative design.

Momentum Alley

Program a robot to knock down bowling pins (cans or water bottles) using momentum. Students will explore how to program at different velocities.

Team Freeze Tag

Build the TrainingBot and learn to how to drive it, and use the Bumper Switch and print to the Brain Screen to engage in a classroom competition of Team Freeze Tag!

MedBot

Program a robot to deliver medication to patients on a hospital floor that they create. Students will learn how to program the Speedbot to drive forward, in reverse, turn left, and turn right.

It's a Draw!

Explore the VEX V5 Clawbot and try using it as an artistic tool in a drawing game.

Speedy Delivery

Navigate a warehouse by programming the Claw and Arm of a Clawbot to grab and move packages to a loading dock for delivery.

Loop, There It Is!

Complete several mini-challenges to experiment with using loops within their projects. This information will be used later in the “Groove Machine Challenge”.

Vision Sensor

Explore a program that processes how the Vision Sensor input data should affect the Clawbot's behavior.

To Do, or Not to Do

Explore conditional statements and how sensors can serve as the input deciding if the conditional is true.

Clawbot with Controller

Program the Controller to maneuver the Clawbot. They will analyze different ways to program the Controller by running different example projects such as Tank Drive and Clawbot Control.

Gravity Rush

Explore the Clawbot and the concept of the Center of Gravity. Students will drive the Clawbot over uneven surfaces with the its arm at different angles of it being raised and lowered.

Castle Crasher

Use the Optical and Distance sensors to seek, crash, and clear Buckyball ‘castles’ to score points in the Castle Crasher competition.

Treasure Hunt

Build and code the Clawbot with the Optical Sensor to recognize and collect red Buckyballs to compete in the Treasure Hunt competition.

Up and Over

Design a Clawbot to collect, pick up, and move Buckyballs from one side of the Field to the other, in the Up and Over competition.

Ring Leader

Explore the difference between competing in a driver controlled and autonomous competition. Use both autonomous and driver control in order to score Rings on different sized posts in the Ring Leader competition.

Platform Placer

Use manipulators on the Clawbot, including lifts, to move Buckyballs and rings to platforms of different levels.

Mechanical Advantage

How mechanical advantages and gear ratios can be applied in their builds, daily lives, and in robotics competitions.

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