Carnegie Mellon Coding & Computational Thinking With VEX IQ
Getting Started With VEX IQ
1) A Letter to the Educator Skip this section
2) VEX IQ 2nd Generation System Setup
A1: Build the Basebot
A2: Build the Clawbot
3) VEX IQ Blocks Overview (No activities just read through the information)
4) Role of the Programmer Skip this section
Programming the Brain with VEX IQ
1) Introduction: Roxie the Greeting Robot (No activities just read through the information)
2) Robot Configuration: VEX IQ Brain
A1: Insert the battery in the VEX IQ Brain and turn on the VEX IQ Brain
A2: Follow the steps to open the VEXcode app, connect the VEX IQ Brain with the USB cable, select the proper VEX IQ Brain, and save the program BrainCommands to your desktop folder.
3) Lesson: Brain Commands
A1: Follow the steps to create and run the program BrainCommands
A2: Try It! Change X and Y Parameters- Modify and run the BrainCommands program using the parameters [(75) (30) (50) (50)]
A3: Try It! Change Width and Height Parameters- Modify and run the Brain Commands program using the parameters [(975) (30) (60) (10)]
A4: Try It! Draw Circle- Modify and run the program BrainCommands with a draw circle block
A5: Try It! Print Block- Modify and run the program BrainCommands with a print (VEXcode) block