Encountering the magical grail in a fish belly
Programming level 1
Puppeteering the scene with figures of different structures
P1
How to build
The robot
a.) Mother’s arms can be moved with axle.
- The boy’s arms can also be moved with two axles. The scene can be staged with the two figures.
b.) Build a geared mechanism driven directly from a battery holder by 1 DC motor.
- A smaller and a larger house are built on the gear. These are rotated during the scene, so that the small house is replaced by a larger one.
P1
Static figures a)
Static figures b)
P1
Programming level 2
Puppetry with robots built with DC and servo motors
P2
How to build
The robots
a.) We build Mother and Son in a similar way:
- His/her arm has 1 DC motor built into it, which he/she moves up and down by pushing 1 Touch sensor.
- 1 Buzzer also makes a sound as if arguing with the other.
b.) Fixed smaller house with the facade of a larger house in front of it.
- This part rises up by pressing 1 Touch sensor with the help of 1 servo motor.
- Finally, 1 LED lights up and illuminates the window of the larger house.
P2
The robots a)
The robots b)
P2
P2
Programming level 3
Sensor controlled robots
P3
How to build
The robots
a.) There is 1 servomotor in the arm of the mother, which moves up and down triggered by 1 sound sensor.
- The son’s Buzzer triggers the mother’s program.
- She also makes a noise with 1 Buzzer as if she is arguing with her son.
- Boy has 1 servo motor built into his arm, which moves up and down in response to 1 Touch sensor.
- 1 Buzzer also makes a sound as if he is arguing with his mother.
- They take turns talking.
b.) A puppet theatre built with drive rails. The structure is driven by 2 servomotors.
- On each side, there are 1-1 infrared sensors built into 1-1 cauldron.
- When the boy stands in front of one of the sensors, the house is raised from that side by the rack and pinion assembly.
- Boy can be controlled by a remote controller made of 4 Touch sensors to one of the two infrared sensors, which activates the puppet theatre. With the 4 Touch sensors, the boy robot can be controlled right, left, forward and backward.
P3
The robots a)
The robots b)
P3
P3
Programming level 4
Cooperating robots, accelerometer controlled puppet theatre
P4
How to build
The robots
a.) 1 servo motor is built into the arm of the mother.
- 1 push button starts her program.
- 1 Buzzer also makes a sound as if she is arguing with her son.
- The boy has 1 servo motor in his arm, which he moves up and down with 1 push button.
- 1 Buzzer also makes a sound as if he is arguing with his mother.
- The two figures are connected to the same mother board and make sounds in random order.
b.) The smaller house has 3 sides of the larger house laid out in several sections around it.
- 3 servo motors lift up the sides of the house to represent the larger house.
- The elements rise one after the other with 1-1 servo motor, building the larger house like a puzzle.
- The building steps are controlled by an accelerometer.
P4
The robots a)
The robots b)
