THE WELL AND THE GOLDEN DISTAFF: The distaff and the reeling machine

Programming level 1

Puppeteering with figures on axles

P1

How to build

Puppeteering with figures on axles

  • The well, the motolla and the figures are all built with moving parts.
  • By moving these, the scene can be puppeteered.

P1

Puppeteering with figures on axles

P1

Programming level 2

DC motorised robots

P2

How to build

DC motorised robots

  • There are 2 Touch sensors on both the well and the reel.
  • In both cases, pressing one button will start your program and pressing the other will stop it.
  • The well moves slightly forwards or backwards when the buttons are pressed, moving the bucket up and down.
  • The movement of the reel is continuous until it is stopped with the other Touch sensor.
  • All other actors are similar to P1.

P2

DC motorised robots

P2

P2

Programming level 3

Push button variable speed structure

P3

How to build

Push button variable speed structure

  • The structure and programme of the well constructed in P2 will remain unchanged.
  • 3 Touch sensors are placed on the reel.
  • Each of the three sensors switches the reel on at a different speed and rotates it as long as it is held down (e.g. the motor speed changes between 30, 60 and 90)

P3

Push button variable speed structure

P3

P3

Programming level 4

Robot controlled by multiple sensors

P4

How to build

Robot controlled by multiple sensors

  • The 3 Touch sensors remain on the reel, but the speed they set is picked from a range using a random number generator (p.: between 20-40, 50-70 and 80-100 speeds).
  • The rotation is stopped by an infrared sensor built into the reel when the old woman is placed in front of it.
  • The well is unchanged in all respects.

P4

Robot controlled by multiple sensors

P4

P4