Here are some solutions posted by other teams and we can learn from.
. This trip finished all food delivery and milk collection in one trip (100 points). Look how they design a stable gear to drop food and how they locate each animal post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azbj3CtNiAQ
. Look how fast they collect food from the refrigerator, and how they finish the research people, panda, and seal missions in one trip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shco3dQqgj8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoyJ5iNtgJU
. Another solution of food delivery and Gecko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAn3W71XsmM
. See how they combine the shark tank mission and dog service together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQU8boNqpqo
Friday, October 28, 2016
Sunday, October 9, 2016
FLL Project Homework - Week of 10/9/2016 - 10/16/2016
Today the team presented the root causes of the CCD, and came up with the solution:
The Lymin Ducks will build a prototype habitat which is a sanctuary for bees. In this habitat, bee will not be exposed to the elements which will cause CCD. This will be a long-term experiment to build a smallest yet functional bee habitat which, if successful, can be replicated.
Components of the Habitat and Assignment:
1. Fruit Trees - Chungtai
2. Pond with aquatic plants - William
3. Bee Hives - Williams
4. Wildflower to feed and attract Bees - Aiden
5. Bee Hotel - Sammy
Project Requirement:
Chungtai:
Come up with a list of fruit tree or flowering trees which will be best habitat for bees.
Research for breed name, where to buy, the price
Calculate how many months these trees can support the bees
Calculate how many trees needed to support a hive of 50,000 bees.
William:
Design the shape and size of a small pond which can support bees
Come up with a list of required aquatic plants for our planting zone.
Present a design which will be a future bee hive and what material is needed to build it
Aiden:
Come up with the names of flowers for this bee habitat
List a few species of flowers for each of the season
Research what plants can feed the bees during Winter.
Sammy:
Come up with a design of the bee hotel
Consider how to improve upon the bee hotel to make it more bio-diverse.
Research the placement of the hotel to keep it safe from predators
Come up with a material list needed to build it
Come up with the design and instructions for the hotel
Today the team presented the root causes of the CCD, and came up with the solution:
The Lymin Ducks will build a prototype habitat which is a sanctuary for bees. In this habitat, bee will not be exposed to the elements which will cause CCD. This will be a long-term experiment to build a smallest yet functional bee habitat which, if successful, can be replicated.
Components of the Habitat and Assignment:
1. Fruit Trees - Chungtai
2. Pond with aquatic plants - William
3. Bee Hives - Williams
4. Wildflower to feed and attract Bees - Aiden
5. Bee Hotel - Sammy
Project Requirement:
Chungtai:
Come up with a list of fruit tree or flowering trees which will be best habitat for bees.
Research for breed name, where to buy, the price
Calculate how many months these trees can support the bees
Calculate how many trees needed to support a hive of 50,000 bees.
William:
Design the shape and size of a small pond which can support bees
Come up with a list of required aquatic plants for our planting zone.
Present a design which will be a future bee hive and what material is needed to build it
Aiden:
Come up with the names of flowers for this bee habitat
List a few species of flowers for each of the season
Research what plants can feed the bees during Winter.
Sammy:
Come up with a design of the bee hotel
Consider how to improve upon the bee hotel to make it more bio-diverse.
Research the placement of the hotel to keep it safe from predators
Come up with a material list needed to build it
Come up with the design and instructions for the hotel
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Project Homework:
Lymin Ducks:
We have 4 weeks to come up with the solution for the problem we picked: Colony Collapse Disease.
Homework:
Borrow books from library; borrow DVDs, do online research for the CCD and list the solutions we can do to solve this problem.
Background:
The team voted to select this CCD as the existing issue we face today: 30% bees are dying and the food and fruit production is affected.
Please research how Bees help humans and how humans can help Bees to survive and flourish, solving the CCD mystery will be the key for it.
Lymin Ducks:
We have 4 weeks to come up with the solution for the problem we picked: Colony Collapse Disease.
Homework:
Borrow books from library; borrow DVDs, do online research for the CCD and list the solutions we can do to solve this problem.
Background:
The team voted to select this CCD as the existing issue we face today: 30% bees are dying and the food and fruit production is affected.
Please research how Bees help humans and how humans can help Bees to survive and flourish, solving the CCD mystery will be the key for it.
Sunday, October 2, 2016
Robot homework 10/1 - 10/7
We have made some progresses in our last meeting.
. Sammy finished the refrigerator duplicate
. William redesigned the food basket and made it smaller. He also finished the hook to pull the release bar.
. Aiden started working on the Honeybee mission and pat mission.
. Chungtai finished the base, and the Shark Tank mission.
In the coming week, here is the Robot homework assignment:
. Sammy needs to think how to use motor to release food from the refrigerator and how to hook this mission block with the base.
. William needs to finish connecting mission blocks with the base, and start testing the task in our next meet. This means you need to start programming too.
. Aiden needs to find solutions to two tasks. 1) How to pull back the pet and bee once foods are collected from the refrigerator. 2) How to deliver the honeybee to bee hive and bring the honey back to base.
. Chungtai needs to work on several things. 1) Duplicate the frame of the base, so we can test how to connect mission blocks with the base. 2) Duplicate wheels and color sensors on the other brick, so we can do routing experiment on this brick. 3) Help Sammy and William to hook up their mission modules with the base and programming the robot to finish our planned missions.
. Sammy finished the refrigerator duplicate
. William redesigned the food basket and made it smaller. He also finished the hook to pull the release bar.
. Aiden started working on the Honeybee mission and pat mission.
. Chungtai finished the base, and the Shark Tank mission.
In the coming week, here is the Robot homework assignment:
. Sammy needs to think how to use motor to release food from the refrigerator and how to hook this mission block with the base.
. William needs to finish connecting mission blocks with the base, and start testing the task in our next meet. This means you need to start programming too.
. Aiden needs to find solutions to two tasks. 1) How to pull back the pet and bee once foods are collected from the refrigerator. 2) How to deliver the honeybee to bee hive and bring the honey back to base.
. Chungtai needs to work on several things. 1) Duplicate the frame of the base, so we can test how to connect mission blocks with the base. 2) Duplicate wheels and color sensors on the other brick, so we can do routing experiment on this brick. 3) Help Sammy and William to hook up their mission modules with the base and programming the robot to finish our planned missions.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Project Homework 9/25 ~ 10/2
On Sunday 9/25, we had a discussion about the assignment from the last week. Also we watched the video about Swale, which gave us a big picture about how a healthy farm system has been created. Also we did brainstorm about the real-world problems that we can work on. We got a list of problems:
- Bad food that farm animals eat
- Monocultrure
- Fertilizer (chemical and natural)
- Pesticides
here are questions for pesticides reaserch?
- Why use pesticides? (http://prairiecalifornian.com/why-do-farmers-apply-pesticides/)
- Pesticides benefit
- What are dangers of pesticides
- How to get rid of pests without using pesticides (what is natural way)
- What are the natural pesticides? What are they habitat? How to help them?
- What are existing ways to help the natural pesticides(animal)?
- If yes, how can we improve them?
- If no, what can we do?
Your assignment for this week are:
- Find more real world problems that are related to farm, like animal system, soil system, insects system. Also please do some research on it.
- If you cannot find more, you could research one or two of the real world problems that we already listed on top.
Everyone will share his researches during the project meeting on 10/2.
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Robot Homework Week 9/24 - 9/31
On Friday 9/23, we made some progresses on our robot design.
. Sammi duplicated the refrigerator for our food delivery mission. It is not finished yet, but we are on the track.
. William finished the bucket to collect food from the refrigerator, and the hook used to pull the release bar of the refrigerator.
. Chungtai changed the rear wheel to make the base more compact. He also tested the idea of running over the ramp. It turned out that due to the structure and surface of the ramp, it is very hard to control (or predict) the direction of the robot after it climbs the ramp. We had a discussion on it, and agreed that the most possible mission will use this route is to deliver the manure to the R & D area. So we decide to leave this idea for future study.
. Zoey built the fork that sends the Shark Tank.
Your assignments for this week are:
. Sammi: needs to finish the refrigerator duplicate next time. Things you need to think include: 1) Current "refrigerator" has a slop at the bottom. This slop will let the food roll away from the refrigerator once it is released. However, when we deliver the food to animals, we need to make sure that food falls right in the feeding circle. Is current structure feasible to the mission? Do we need to make any change? 2) What route do you want to take to feed animal? 3) What other missions do you plan finish together with the feeding mission? Please start to think the programing part.
. William: We will test the task that collect food from the refrigerator next Friday. You need to think: 1) How do you want to hook up your mission blocks with the base? 2) What mechanics you plan to connect your release hood with the motor? 3) Make a testing plan to decide what you want to test, and how to test them. Also write programs that will help you do these tests.
. Chungtai: Finish the robot base. Test the Shart Tank mission as the building block is already finished.
. Aiden: Present your mission studies to the team, which you missed on 9/16. Pick the mission you want to work on (please see above to know which missions have been assigned and finished) and start to think about the mission block design.
From next Friday, we will have a short plan meeting at the beginning of the meet, and a summary by the end. So be prepared.
. Sammi duplicated the refrigerator for our food delivery mission. It is not finished yet, but we are on the track.
. William finished the bucket to collect food from the refrigerator, and the hook used to pull the release bar of the refrigerator.
. Chungtai changed the rear wheel to make the base more compact. He also tested the idea of running over the ramp. It turned out that due to the structure and surface of the ramp, it is very hard to control (or predict) the direction of the robot after it climbs the ramp. We had a discussion on it, and agreed that the most possible mission will use this route is to deliver the manure to the R & D area. So we decide to leave this idea for future study.
. Zoey built the fork that sends the Shark Tank.
Your assignments for this week are:
. Sammi: needs to finish the refrigerator duplicate next time. Things you need to think include: 1) Current "refrigerator" has a slop at the bottom. This slop will let the food roll away from the refrigerator once it is released. However, when we deliver the food to animals, we need to make sure that food falls right in the feeding circle. Is current structure feasible to the mission? Do we need to make any change? 2) What route do you want to take to feed animal? 3) What other missions do you plan finish together with the feeding mission? Please start to think the programing part.
. William: We will test the task that collect food from the refrigerator next Friday. You need to think: 1) How do you want to hook up your mission blocks with the base? 2) What mechanics you plan to connect your release hood with the motor? 3) Make a testing plan to decide what you want to test, and how to test them. Also write programs that will help you do these tests.
. Chungtai: Finish the robot base. Test the Shart Tank mission as the building block is already finished.
. Aiden: Present your mission studies to the team, which you missed on 9/16. Pick the mission you want to work on (please see above to know which missions have been assigned and finished) and start to think about the mission block design.
From next Friday, we will have a short plan meeting at the beginning of the meet, and a summary by the end. So be prepared.
Hello Teams,
We would like to take this opportunity to make you aware of the policies and procedures rubric for the 2016 ANIMAL ALLIES season. We’ll be using a different Project from the ones you will find on FIRST LEGO League websites. The updated rubric has an increased focus on the process of developing the Project and includes the following changes:
1. Project Pilot - New this season! - Illinois is participating in a pilot of an updated Project to their topic to be at the Accomplished or Exemplary levels.
While the update will shift what teams should share with Judges, we do not expect it to have much impact on the work teams are doing for the FIRST LEGO League Project. Teams who are working toward the Accomplished and Exemplary levels for Solution Development may choose to spend more time designing their process than they did before, in order to ensure it is systematic and includes some type of evaluation or verification of their solution.
The final rubric will be posted on our website under ‘News’ on the weekend of September 24th at this link: www.ilfirst.org
2. Animals at tournaments – Teams are not allowed to bring live animals to the qualifying and championship tournaments in Illinois. Teams can bring photographs of the animal(s) they worked with but teams cannot bring the animal to the tournament.
3. Table Specifications– The Illinois qualifying and championship tournaments will use competition tables with four inch walls. Illinois teams that attend post-season events may need to consider the possibility of three inch walls so their designs are robust if they venture outside of the Illinois competition arenas.
4. Illinois Qualifiers – We have made the following changes to the list of qualifiers available for the Animal Allies season. We will continue to add qualifiers to the list of tournaments available so please check our website frequently. Changes to your team’s tournament selections can be made until October 15th but tournament assignments will be made on a first come, first serve basis.
5. Team Advancement Policy- Approximately 25% of the teams at a qualifier in Illinois will advance to a championship tournament. Teams are eligible for advancement if they meet the following criteria as required by the FLL Global Standards and Challenge document. Teams must:
6. Robot Design Executive Summary (RDES) - Illinois tournaments will NOT use the RDES in Robot Design judging for the Animal Allies season.
7. Core Values Poster - A Core Values Poster will NOT be required in Illinois.
We wish all of you the best of luck this season!
FIRST Illinois Robotics
FIRST LEGO League Planning Committee
We would like to take this opportunity to make you aware of the policies and procedures rubric for the 2016 ANIMAL ALLIES season. We’ll be using a different Project from the ones you will find on FIRST LEGO League websites. The updated rubric has an increased focus on the process of developing the Project and includes the following changes:
1. Project Pilot - New this season! - Illinois is participating in a pilot of an updated Project to their topic to be at the Accomplished or Exemplary levels.
a. The Sources of Information criteria now more clearly reflects the need for quality sources and a wide variety of sources. Teams must consult professionals in fields relating that will be adopted in Illinois for the Animal Allies season.
b. The Review Existing Solutions criteria has been combined with Problem Analysis and Innovation. Teams are still expected to review and analyze existing solutions.
c. When teams are describing their Team Solution, they are now expected to describe how it solves the problem.
d. The new Solution Development criteria encompasses the previous Implementation criteria. Teams should explain how they developed the solution, considered and narrowed alternative solutions, evaluated and improved the solution they chose, and assessed feasibility and implementation factors.
While the update will shift what teams should share with Judges, we do not expect it to have much impact on the work teams are doing for the FIRST LEGO League Project. Teams who are working toward the Accomplished and Exemplary levels for Solution Development may choose to spend more time designing their process than they did before, in order to ensure it is systematic and includes some type of evaluation or verification of their solution.
The final rubric will be posted on our website under ‘News’ on the weekend of September 24th at this link: www.ilfirst.org
2. Animals at tournaments – Teams are not allowed to bring live animals to the qualifying and championship tournaments in Illinois. Teams can bring photographs of the animal(s) they worked with but teams cannot bring the animal to the tournament.
3. Table Specifications– The Illinois qualifying and championship tournaments will use competition tables with four inch walls. Illinois teams that attend post-season events may need to consider the possibility of three inch walls so their designs are robust if they venture outside of the Illinois competition arenas.
4. Illinois Qualifiers – We have made the following changes to the list of qualifiers available for the Animal Allies season. We will continue to add qualifiers to the list of tournaments available so please check our website frequently. Changes to your team’s tournament selections can be made until October 15th but tournament assignments will be made on a first come, first serve basis.
- • The Southern Illinois tournament on December 3rd previously held at Edwardsville will be held in Troy, Illinois.
• We have added a qualifier in Evanston, Illinois on December 10th.
• The Peoria tournament previously held at Peoria Christian School will be held at Woodruff Career and Technical Center on December 17th.
5. Team Advancement Policy- Approximately 25% of the teams at a qualifier in Illinois will advance to a championship tournament. Teams are eligible for advancement if they meet the following criteria as required by the FLL Global Standards and Challenge document. Teams must:
- • Have between 2 and 10 members
• Complete all required sections of the Project
• Have no disqualifying Core Values behaviors
• Be competing at their first official FLL event of each qualifying level during the season
• Perform well in all three judged areas (Core Values, Project, and Robot Design)
• Meet the minimum Robot Performance hurdle percentage. The hurdle is based upon the advancement rate at the qualifier. At a 16 team qualifier, which is the size of most Illinois qualifiers, teams must have a table score in the top 48% of the table scores at the event to advance.
6. Robot Design Executive Summary (RDES) - Illinois tournaments will NOT use the RDES in Robot Design judging for the Animal Allies season.
- • The Robot Design judging session will consist of an ‘interactive robot run’ which is a complete table run during which the team will talk about their robot and what it does, and the judges will ask questions. The balance of the 10 minute session will be Q&A. The judges will not time or score the table run.
• Teams may bring a RDES with them to the interview if they believe it will help them answer questions but teams will not be given an opportunity to present the RDES in the judging session.
7. Core Values Poster - A Core Values Poster will NOT be required in Illinois.
- • We believe that the Core Values poster is a good way for teams to organize their thoughts in preparation for the Core Values judging session and is a good way for teams to celebrate the Animal Allies season as they interact with other teams in the pit area. However, due to the limited time available to judges, the Core Values poster is not required in Illinois.
• Teams may bring a poster to the judging session but judges will not review the poster as part of the judging session. Teams may refer to an item on the poster if it helps them answer a question presented by the judges.
We wish all of you the best of luck this season!
FIRST Illinois Robotics
FIRST LEGO League Planning Committee
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