2018 Daily Schedule

Session 1 meets from 12:30 pm to 4pm on July 9 through July 13, 2018 at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County.
Session 2 meets from 8:30 am to noon on July 16 through July 20, 2018 at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County.

  • Monday
    • Welcome, introductions
    • A bit about bots
    • Discuss Laser safety and rules
    • Discuss this year’s challenge
    • Build Amazing Robots!
    • Discuss Bot names
    • Communicate with bot via web browser
      • botname is 6 hexidecimal digits, for example 1A2B3C 
      • http://ESP_1A2B3C/status
      • http://ESP_1A2B3C/servo?a=90
      • http://ESP_1A2B3C/motor?m=1024,1,1024,1
      • http://ESP_1A2B3C/motor?m=0,0,0,0
      • http://ESP_1A2B3C/stopmotors
  • Tuesday
    • Intro to Coding
      • Blockly exercises
      • create Snap! account
      • Snap! lab modules
  • Wednesday
    • Begin Ambot control coding
      • 2018 Ambot template
      • create and test control mechanism
        • click commands
        • click buttons
        • keyboard
        • Other interfaces ???
      • Initial at-desk control testing
      • Driving practice
  • Thursday
    • Code tweaking
    • Testing and Proving Stations
    • Bot Team Games
      • Hungry, Hungry Robots
      • Capture the !Flag
      • BotBall
      • Bots and Minnows
  • Friday
    • Final Proving Stations and Mission Deployment (Family and Friends welcome!)
    • Clean up and pack up
    • Take Ambots home!