Robotic Vehicle Challenge Hello and welcome to your first team challenge! Within this document you will find information about what to expect and prepare for to be successful in your first challenge. In this challenge your team s designed robot will be wirelessly navigating a mock lunar surface using only a camera for vision in order to complete particular tasks. Challenges: Teams will be challenged with completing three categories of tasks. The three tiers represent different difficulty levels. Manipulating a Lego ball and transporting it across lunar surface Manipulating a Lego ball and acquiring data printed on it Navigating the lunar surface Challenges will be scored according to difficulty level. Challenges must be completed in a limited time. Lunar surface has craters, inclines and declines that must be navigated carefully. Robot Specifications: Ground clearance of at least 2.5cm from point of contact with a surface to the lowest section of the robot. Incur a penalty for robot weight over 1.5 kilograms. Robot must include a place to mount a camera (D imensions: 1.45 x 1.45 x 0.8 ) Schematics for partial robot designs and a full robotic arm are provided with which teams will attach together by their own innovation. Teams are free to design and construct their own robot if desired, adhering to the above specifications. Scoring: Teams will be allocated a limited mission budget. Just like in real space launch missions, weight can adversely affect a budget. It will cost teams extra for additional weight past the requested 1.5kg. No additions for being underweight. Also to consider is the team s efficiency of programming. Because it costs money to send programs, becoming familiar with how your team s robot moves and having a solid understanding of program structuring will play a key role in reducing the number of programs needed, and ultimately your success. The last thing that will affect budget will be completing given tasks. For each task the team completes, they will be awarded money back into their budget. Aside from the budget, tasks will be of varying difficulties with points awarded for completing them. When the competition is over, whatever money is leftover will be converted into points. The team with the most points in total at the end will be the winners. Other Information: Robots will be operated and programmed from a computer via Bluetooth. Teams will use a wireless color camera (and any sensors chosen) to navigate the lunar surface.
What s in the Kit: The following chart gives a list of parts that are given to you and your team. These are all of the parts at your disposal (don t lose them!). We have included all of the parts given in a NXT Education Base Kit and added extra parts we think may be of use or are necessary to build and complete the given schematics. You will also find two CDs in your package, one labeled Lego Mindstorms NXT Software and the other Lego Digital Designer. On these discs are the files necessary to download and install the NXT software, Lego Digital Designer, and block imports. To import the blocks please see the document titled Acquiring Lego Digital Designer (LDD) and the PID and Multiplexer Programming Blocks. The first few steps in each section can be skipped because the files are already located and downloaded onto the CDs for you. Part Number Part Name NXT Education Base Kit Extra Parts 1 4281516 3x7 Dark Stone Gray Angle Beam 0 2 2 4210656 4x4 Dark Stone Gray Angle Beam 0 6 3 4210638 4x6 Module Dark Stone Gray Angle Beam 4 0 4 4210668 3x7 Dark Stone Gray Double Angle Beam 4 0 5 4107085 No. 1 Angle Element, 0 0 4 6 4107783 No. 2 Angle Element, 180 2 2 7 4211552 No. 3 Angle Element, 157.5 0 2 8 4121610 No. 4 Angle Element, 135 0 2 9 4211551 No. 5 Angle Element, 112.5 0 2 10 4107767 No. 6 Angle Element, 90 0 4 11 4100758 52mm Blue Ball 1 0 12 4156530 52mm Red Ball 1 0 13 4210751 3 Module Dark Stone Gray Beam 10 4 14 4210686 5 Module Dark Stone Gray Beam 4 0 15 4495931 7 Module Dark Stone Gray Beam 4 2 16 4210757 9 Module Dark Stone Gray Beam 6 2 17 4210755 11 Module Dark Stone Gray Beam 2 2 18 4522937 13 Module Dark Stone Gray Beam 2 2 19 4542576 15 Module Dark Stone Gray Beam 4 2 20 4223767 3M Dark Stone Gray Half Beam 0 0 21 4239896 3x5 Curve Dark Gray Half Beam 4 0 22 4211880 90 Medium Stone Gray HTO V Beam 0 0
23 4540797 5x11 Medium Stone Gray TECHNIC Frame 0 2 24 4539880 5x7 Medium Stone Gray TECHNIC Frame 0 2 25 4210667 2x4 90 Dark Stone Gray Angle Beam 4 2 26 4552349 3x3 Dark Stone Gray T Beam 0 4 27 4210753 3x5 90 Dark Stone Gray Angle Beam 8 2 28 4544140 15mm White Belt 0 0 29 4544143 24mm Red Belt 2 0 30 4544151 33mm Yellow Belt 2 0 31 4143466 2x3 Black Cross Block 0 0 32 4210935 1x2 Dark Stone Gray Brick W/Cross Hole 2 0 33 306548 1x2 Green Translucent Brick 1 0 34 4211388 1x2 Medium Stone Gray Brick 8 0 35 4211440 1x2 Medium Stone Gray TECHNIC Brick 4 0 36 306541 1x2 Red Translucent Brick 1 0 37 306544 1x2 Yellow Translucent Brick 1 0 38 614326 2x2 Black Round Brick 0 0 39 4278359 2x2 Black Round Skid Plate 0 0 40 300323 2x2 Blue Brick 0 0 41 300326 2x2 Dark Stone Gray Brick 4 0 42 4211042 2x2 Dark Stone Gray Round Plate 0 0 43 300328 2x2 Green Brick 0 0 44 4211387 2x2 Medium Stone Gray Brick 0 0 45 300321 2x2 Red Brick 0 0 46 300301 2x2 White Brick 0 0 47 300324 2x2 Yellow Brick 0 0 48 4211441 1x4 Medium Stone Gray TECHNIC Brick 4 0 49 4211466 1x6 Medium Stone Gray TECHNIC Brick 4 0 50 4211442 1x8 Medium Stone Gray TECHNIC Brick 4 0 51 4211860 1x12 Medium Stone Gray TECHNIC Brick 0 0 52 4211705 1x14 Medium Stone Gray TECHNIC Brick 0 0 53 4211443 1x16 Medium Stone Gray TECHNIC Brick 4 0 54 4211052 1x2 Dark Stone Gray Tile 2 0 55 4211398 1x2 Medium Stone Gray Plate 4 0
56 4211445 1x4 Medium Stone Gray Plate 4 0 57 4211438 1x6 Medium Stone Gray Plate 0 0 58 4211425 1x8 Medium Stone Gray Plate 0 0 59 4211444 2x4 Medium Stone Gray Plate w/holes 2 0 60 4211542 2x6 Medium Stone Gray Plate w/holes 2 0 61 4211449 2x8 Medium Stone Gray Plate w/holes 2 0 62 4211622 Bushing 10 0 63 4239601 Yellow 1/2 Bushing 10 8 64 4107081 Catch W/Cross Hole 0 2 65 4211536 Catch W/Cross Hole 0 2 66 4526982 Connection Tube 0 0 67 4278957 Drive Ring 0 0 68 4270473 TECHNIC Change over Catch 0 0 69 4525904 Universal Joint 0 1 70 373726 10 Module Cross Axle 2 2 71 370826 12 Module Cross Axle 2 2 72 4512363 2M Cross Axle Extension 4 0 73 4142865 2M Red Cross Axle w/groove 8 4 74 4502595 3 Branch Cross Axle w/cross Hole 0 2 75 4211815 3 Module Cross Axle 14 2 76 4566927 3 Module Cross Axle w/knob 0 0 77 370526 4 Module Cross Axle 6 0 78 4560177 4 Module Cross Axle w/end Stop 0 0 79 4211639 5 Module Cross Axle 8 2 80 370626 6 Module Cross Axle 4 2 81 4211805 7 Module Cross Axle 0 2 82 370726 8 Module Cross Axle 2 2 83 4535768 9 Module Cross Axle 0 2 84 4211375 Ball w/cross Axle 0 0 85 4207456 Cross Axle Extension w/ Ribs 2 0 86 4515183 1x2 Dark Stone Gray Beam w/cross and Hole 0 0 87 4210655 2x1 Dark Stone Gray Cross Block 2 0 88 4234599 2x2 Dark Stone Gray Cross Block/Fork 0 0
89 4210857 3 Module Dark Stone Gray Cross Block 4 0 90 4538007 3x2 Medium Stone Gray Cross Block 0 0 91 4211775 90 Medium Stone Gray Cross Block 20 0 92 4121667 Black Double Cross Block 8 2 93 4140801 2 Module Friction Snap w/ Cross Hole 8 2 94 4562487 16 Tooth Gear 4 0 95 4211450 10 Tooth Gear Rack 0 0 96 4237267 16 Tooth Transmission Gear 0 0 97 4211434 24 Tooth Crown Gear 2 0 98 4285634 40 Tooth Spur Gear 2 4 99 4275503 8 Module TECHNIC Gear Rack 0 0 100 4211023 Differential Gear Casing 0 1 101 4142824 Transparent Worm Gear Block 0 0 102 4211510 Worm Gear 2 0 103 4299119 18x14 Gray Hub 2 0 104 4494222 24x4 Medium Stone Gray Hub 4 0 105 290301 White Hub, 61.6x31.6 0 0 106 4297210 Wide Hub/w Cross Hole 30x20 4 2 107 4281515 Bionicle Eye 0 0 108 609326 Black Mini Fig Hair / Pony Tail 1 0 109 9341 Blue Mini Fig Lower Body 0 0 110 4275813 Blue Mini Fig Upper Body 0 0 111 4651441 Mini Fig Head 1 0 112 4120158 Orange Mini Fig Lower Body 1 0 113 4562544 Red Mini Fig Ball Cap 1 0 114 4275872 Red Mini Fig Upper Body 1 0 115 4518400 Small White Nose Cone 0 0 116 9327 White Mini Fig Lower Body 0 0 117 4275606 White Mini Fig Upper Body 0 0 118 4198367 2 Module Damper 0 0 119 4508553 5 1/2 Module Dark Gray Axle 2 0 120 4211026 6 Module Track Rod 3 0 121 4141300 9 Module Track Rod 2 0 122 4119589 Module Bushing 2 0
123 4297187 Cable 20cm/8inch. 1 0 124 4297188 Cable 35cm/14inch. 4 0 125 4297185 Cable 50cm/20inch. 2 0 126 4558295 NXT 1 0 127 4565588 Rechargeable Battery 1 0 128 4532371 USB Cable 1 0 129 4297008 Interactive Servo Motor 3 0 130 4296917 Light Sensor 1 0 131 4296969 Sound Sensor 1 0 132 4296929 Touch Sensor 1 0 133 4297174 Ultrasonic Sensor 1 0 134 4211050 1 1/2 Module Connection Peg 0 0 135 4514553 3 Module Blue Connection Peg w/friction 36 8 136 4514554 3 Module Tan Connection Peg 0 0 137 4186017 Connection Peg 8 0 138 4211807 Connection Peg 0 4 139 4121715 Connection Peg w/ Friction 60 12 140 4206482 Connection Peg w/ Friction & Cross Axle 10 10 141 4211483 Connector Peg w/peg 0 0 142 4296059 90 Angle Beam w/4 Snaps 3 0 143 4184169 Ball w/friction Snap 0 0 144 4560175 Double Snap w/technic Hole 0 2 145 4225033 3 Module Beam w/4 Snaps 2 0 146 4563045 2x1x3 Steering Knuckle Arm 2 0 147 4114670 3 Module TECHNIC Steering Gear 0 0 148 4210689 Dark Stone Gray TECHNIC Triangle 0 0 149 4114671 TECHNIC Steering Gear Bearing 2 0 150 4639695 24x14 Black Tire 2 0 151 281526 30.4x4 Tire 4 0 152 4502834 Caterpillar Track 0 2 153 4563182 Motorcycle Tire 81.6x15 0 0 154 4184286 Tire Normal Wide 2x22 Black 0 0 155 4297209 Wide Street Tire 43.2x22 4 0
156 4252701 4x12 Tool, No. 4 0 0 157 4177431 12 Tooth Double Conical Wheel 4 0 158 4514555 20 Tooth Double Conical Wheel 2 0 159 4520872 24 Tooth Inner/56 Tooth Outer Black Gear/Turntable 1 0 160 4514558 24 Tooth Spur Gear 4 4 161 4255563 36 Tooth Double Conical Wheel 2 0 162 4514559 8 Tooth Spur Gear 4 4 163 4514557 Bevel Gear Z20 0 0 164 4210759 Dark Stone Gray CAM Wheel 0 0 165 4248204 TECHNIC Angular Wheel 4 0 166 4565452 12 Tooth Bevel Gear 0 0 167 Battery Charger 0 1 169 Multiplexor 0 1 170 Battery Box 0 1