Robotics Curriculum & Courses

In this unit, you will learn how to use the analog sensors on the VEX IQ 2nd Gen Clawbot. You will program your robot to perform simple sensing behaviors and respond to objects in its environment with the Distance sensor and Optical Sensor.

In this unit, you will demonstrate your ability to decompose an open-ended problem into small pieces, and then iterate on a robust solution to the problem. 

In this unit, you will learn how to program your robot to detect obstacles and line track with the use of continuous decisions. 

In loops with VEX IQ, you will learn how to repeat sequences of commands.

In this unit, you will learn how to program the robot to make one-time decisions, repeated decisions, and detect obstacles.

This badge is a sample activity from the full Coding and Computational Thinking with a Virtual Robot curriculum. In this activity, you will learn how to program the movement of a virtual robot from directly within your web browser while completing challenges themed after the real-world Iris Rover from Carnegie Mellon University.

Snackbot is a robot that was designed to deliver snacks to people within an office. It communicates using lights and sounds. Build a robot like Snackbot and use the Light Matrix to display colored patterns and messages! The robot design for this unit is Snackbot.

It's snack time! In this unit you will learn how to make Snackbot deliver snacks by attaching and programming the motor to make it move. The robot design for this unit is Spinny Snackbot; a slight variation of the original Snackbot.

Iris is a lunar rover that drives on the moon collecting data for geological sciences. Build your Iris robot and program it to move forward and explore on the moon! The robot design for this unit is Iris.

Iris may come across some craters on the moon. Program the robot to be able to turn so that you don't run into them! The robot design for this unit is Iris.

Not every program is perfect, some may have errors (a.k.a "bugs"). Let's identify the errors and make a plan to fix them! The robot design for this unit is PixelPest.

Use the Color Sensor to detect red ripe strawberries! The robot design for this unit is the Strawberry Sorter.

In this unit, you will learn how to quickly get started with the LEGO SPIKE Prime system and LEGO Education SPIKE programming environment. 

In this unit, you will learn how to control the Light Matrix with sequential programming. You will program the lights to make shapes and display text to give your robot the ability to communicate with the outside world!

In this unit, you will learn how to control the basic movement of your SPIKE Prime robot through sequential programming. You will program your robot to perform simple maneuvers and manipulate objects in its environment.