Course Details

Robotics Course of Intermediate Level for 13 - 15 year olds is available with us.  In Robo 2, students continue from Robo 1 and take up 5 more complex missions. The missions for this program are as follows:

• Mission 1: Analyze Chemicals in Fumaroles:  Move chemical sensors to and from boiling fumaroles to determine if dangerous vapors exist on the planet. Strange, possibly hazardous gases and chemical compounds have been noted around the fumaroles in the Fissure Plains. An earlier mission deployed a chemical sampling sensor into one of these fumaroles. Your Terrabot must travel to the fumaroles, deploy a ‘new’ sensor in one of the open fumaroles, and retrieve the sensor that is already in one of the fumaroles. Once the sensor has been lifted from the fumarole, it should be brought back to the Start Area. Robots must transport a sensor to the fumaroles. Once at the fumaroles, the robot must place the sensor into one of the open fumaroles. Next, remove the sensor that is already in one of the fumaroles. Return to the Start area with the sensor.
• Mission 2: Deploy Hex Habitats: Support scientific study in the Outer Reaches by deploying Hex Habitats where researchers will live. The Outer Reaches, west of the main Terraformers base, is a region rich with possibility for valuable scientific research. Terrabots will support this effort by deploying space hex habitats: a lab and living quarters. Hex locations are designated on the map. Robots should transport one or two hex habitats from the Start area to the areas designated on the map.
• Mission 3: Retrieve Thermal Batteries: Transport thermal batteries to help keep Pantheon City powered up and safe for inhabitants The Terraformers mission depends on batteries for many key functions. Batteries are charged and stored at an area away from living quarters, but are installed at the maintenance facility (Start Area). You must retrieve batteries from the holding area and deliver them to the Start Area. Drive your robot to the battery station, gather batteries, and transport them to the Start area.
• Mission 4: Ice Pack Lake Water Extraction:  The colony needs potable (drinking) water. Position the pipeline so it extracts water from Ice Pack Lake. Ice Pack Lake is full of potable water that can be used for drinking, cooking, and other uses. The water processing tender is in place and ready for operation. Your Terrabot needs to swing the pipeline in place over the Ice Pack Lake in order to tap it, and begin the process of providing water to the base. Robot must drive to the water facility and push the pipeline into the lake.
• Mission 5: Align Solar Panel: An aligned solar panel will harness energy from the stars and help power communications with Earth. The satellite communications station is powered by solar energy. Because the planet moves in its orbit, the adjacent solar station needs to have its panels realigned (with the local star) in order to produce power. This will ensure communications are maintained with Earth. Drive your robot to the solar panel, then lift and realign the position of the main panel. The panel should now be positioned over the base unit, its flat surface perpendicular to the board surface.