Mentor Workshop

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Contents 1 Mentor Training Overview 2 Mentor Training 5 Week 3 Mentor Training 7 Week 4 Mentor Training 10 Week

Mentor Training Overview

We are holding a 5,7,10 week mentor workshop this June and July. The intent is for people with a casual interest to come to the basic 5 week session. For more advanced users interested in programming, the next two weeks (week 6 and 7) will be of interest. The last three weeks covers advanced robot designs and team dynamics.

Mentor Training 5 Week

We meet once a week on Tueday nights from 6:30-8:30 PM at the Downingtown Educational Center.

Week One

Media:VEX for the Technically Challenged.pdf We will cover some house keeping issues and then do the Introduction. We'll spend about an hour discussing this section.

In the second hour we will construct the Tumbler Robot that can be found in these plans Vex Quickstart Guide.

Week Two

Media:VEX for the Technically Challenged.pdf We will cover the drive train section.

In the second hour we will finish and race our Tumbler Robot.

Week Three

We will cover grippers in the first hour.

The second hour we will disassemble the Tumbler Robot and create the Protobot

Week Four

In the first hour we will cover arms and lifters.

Continue build the Protobot.

Week Five

Wrap up Media:VEX for the Technically Challenged.pdf and cover team dyamics from Media:Clueless Coach.pdf.

Finish the Protobot and race them

Mentor Training 7 Week

First 5 weeks as outlined above.

The next two weeks will require you to bring a laptop. We will be using RobotC that we will supply.

Week Six

Introduction to RobotC - Basic sensors from the Protobot

Week Seven

Introduction to RobotC - Advanced Sensors

Mentor Training 10 Week

First 7 weeks as outlined above

Next three weeks are spent building a competion robot (Game to be chosen by the team)