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Title of the Experience
Building of a spider walker
Name of the teacher
Alex Gallego Pavia
Country where it took place
Spain
School typology
High Secondary School
Thematic Area
Technology, ICT
Experience typology
Teaching in class, Laboratory
Type of contact
Direct
Description of the Experience
The project is to build an autonomous robot that is able to walk and avoid obstacles.
Students will build a exápodo robot using 3 servo motors and sonar. The purpose is to program the robot to walk and avoid obstacles. We will use the PICAXE software.
The construction and programming will take place in the computer classes and workshop technology.
The activity arouses the interest of students, they learn to program, group work is encouraged, making it more attractive and motivating for students while improving their ICT skills.

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Date: 2014.10.30

Posted by Chiara Cheti (Italy)

This experience is relevant because it motivates the students to learn the know-how skills. Furthermore, the students gain computer and aptitude competences. This experience can certainly be reproduced by working together with the Computer teacher.

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