NXT+Robotics+Summer+2012

=** NXT Robotics: Summer 2012 **=

__** OUTLINE **__** (four 3 hour days) **


 * Day One NXT: Visit[| Autonomous Solutions Inc] with the Math in Industry Class (Petersboro, Utah)**


 * Day Two NXT:**
 * **Introduction to MIT's Appinventor**
 * **Tutorial work**
 * **Introduction and demo of NXT robots**
 * **Form groups**
 * **Competition Introduction (Minimal Spanning Trees, Shortest Path Trees, Traveling Salesman Problem)**


 * Day Three NXT: Each group will deal with:**
 * **Construction of an NXT robot**
 * **Programming the android device used for an NXT controller (using the O'Reilly "App Inventor" by Wolber, Abelson, Spertus, Looney as a reference)**
 * **Planning route on map for Day Four competition**


 * Day Four NXT:**
 * **Complete the group's robotic project**
 * **Competition for fastest completion of each path**


 * This is the zip file for one group's completed software project. It extends the programming from the text a couple of ways. It keeps track of the robot state (left, back, forward, etc) and allows the user to adjust the motor power and feed the new power level back in to the motors.**