Inspiring Mindstorms EV3 Programming for FLL Part 10: EV3 Light Calibration
EV3 Light calibration is to teach our robot's color sensor what color is black and what color is white.Why do we need to calibrate the color sensor? Depending on the…
Inspiring Robot Game Strategies for FLL Part 1: Accurately Positioning a Robot through Wall Dancing
Accurately and consistently positioning the robot is key for successfully completing FLL Robot Game missions. The Wall Dancing strategy is one of the most accurate way to position a robot…
Inspiring Mindstorms EV3 Programming for FLL Part 9: Reusable EV3 Line Detection My Block
In addition to Line Following, lines on a FLL Robot Game map can be used for Line Detection. Using a Light Sensor, Line Detection is a very effective technique to…
Inspiring Mindstorms EV3 Programming for FLL Part 8: Reusable EV3 Line Following My Block
In this post, we will show you how to create a generic EV3 Line Following My Block step-by-step. The flexible My Block allows a robot to smoothly and efficiently follow…
Inspiring Mindstorms EV3 Programming for FLL Part 7: Reusable EV3 Check Distance My Block
In FLL robot games, measuring the distance traveled by the robot is very important. For instance, we may need the robot to follow a line for a specific distance. This…
FLL Challenge RePLAY Innovation Project Survey
FLL 2020 RePLAY season's theme is: "All around us, there are opportunities to play and be active – from open parks to cement courts, in our classrooms, and even when…
SF Hackers’ Exciting 2019 FLL City Shaper Season
Hello everyone, my name is William. I would like to share some experience of our 2019 FLL City Shaper season. I was the captain of the “SF Hackers”, an award-winning…
FLL Challenge RePLAY Season Started
During the week of August 16th, 2020, we built mission models, set up field table, studied missions, and started building our robot. We wanted to make some improvements to our…
Making A Photography Light Box for FLL
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, for the 2020 FLL Challenge RePLAY season, all tournaments will be remote in our region, including the robot design. Since it is online only, judges…
Inspiring Mindstorms EV3 Programming for FLL Part 6: Unregulated Motor Block
After learning how to build the Gripping Fingers mechanism from THE LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 IDEA BOOK, twe took note of the author Yoshihito Isogawa's recommendation to use the EV3 Unregulated…