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LEGO® Education SPIKE Prime™ Challenge

SPIKE Prime™ Challenge

THE SPIKE PRIME CHALLENGE IS OPEN FOR ENTRY FOR 2023, VIA THE NATIONAL EVENT REGION PAGE.

In Terms 1 and 2, RCJA is  once again running our nationally coordinated Spike Prime Challenge, exclusively for entry by Teams using the LEGO® SPIKE platform. For the team registration link and submission information, please see your State or Territory page.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL REGISTRATIONS AND SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY FRIDAY JUNE 9th. 

If you have any questions, please contact Karen Binns (RCJA Vice President) on karen.binns@robocupjunior.org.au

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2023 Spike Prime Challenge

The brief:
As an engineer in one of Australia’s top robotics laboratories, you are told about a new and exciting research opportunity to develop a new robotic creature. To be part of the research team, you must present the prototype of your idea via video and technical paper, to showcase how it works and the special features it has.
 
You will need to:

– Work as a team to research, design and build a prototype of your robot.
– Document your research, designs and programming (show us your design thinking throughout the process)
– Submit images and video of your robot
– Present your documentation through a video (include slides, short videos of how it works, the design, how it might move, behave).
– Be creative. Showcase how it works and it’s special features.

This challenge is for LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime robots only.

RCJA would like to thank the RoboCup Junior New South Wales Committee for their work in  originally developing this challenge.

Specifications

  1. This needs to be your own design. You are encouraged to research and find examples of what others have already done, but your final product should be your own: not a copy of someone else’s idea.

  2. You will create a LEARNING JOURNAL to show evidence of:

    • Research – show links, images, notes, sketches, your builds (did they change, what features of the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ did you really enjoy using when designing and building you robot.

    • Planning your design and programming (justify your decisions). Think about why you chose a design, how will it work?

    • Features of your robot: what makes it useful and what special features does it have? 

    • Programming – explain how the motors and sensors are used to add interest to your robot.

    • Anything else that you think would be important.

Remember that your robot will not be remote controlled, you should use the LEGO® SPIKE™ software and write a program that enables it to be autonomous.

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Submission

What to Include in your challenge submission…

Scoring rubric can be downloaded below

  1. A video (max 3 minutes) of you demonstrating your robot as it shows off it’s animalistic features.

  2. An introduction/ overview: where each team member discusses their role. (What roles did team have during the challenge; engineer, builder? Did the roles change?)

    • A discussion about how your robot fits within the theme

    • Describe the interesting design features of your robot: did you use motors, sensors, LEGO® elements and how do they add interest?

    • Each team member should discuss what they found challenging and what they enjoyed the most (e.g. the build, designs, research, programming)

    • Your robot in action. Zoom in and out to show your new robot in action.

  3. LEARNING JOURNAL document (.pdf is best) or shared link to your online folder with all your supporting evidence, outlined in the specifications. (Make sure sharing permissions are working.)

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL REGISTRATIONS AND SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY FRIDAY JUNE 9th 2023.

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