First Lego League Resources

An introduction to RoboLab. I don't know who wrote it. This is from High Tech Kids, but it's not kid's stuff. This presentation taught me how to do events and other subtle stuff in Robolab. An introduction to the scientific method. This is one way to do a line following program, which I include mainly because it was the example I used to write my first RoboLab program. I'd use jumps instead of do loops now, and maybe an event. SIUE School of Engineering put together a nice Lego robot design guide. J.P. Brown's Rubik's Cube solver.

General science presentation guidelines. Scientific American browse listing on nanotechnology. Wikipedia entry on nanotechnology. There's a lot of stuff here... See Also Push the boundary between classical and quantum mechanics. Look at a machine and make it move! But wait! There's more! Quantum leaping machines! (I don't think either of the last two are particularly helpful, but wow...)

What is nanotechnology? Why & where is nanotech important? How is nanotech implemented? (E.g., how would an engineer or scientist actually build a nanoscale machine?) Can you give a cost-benefit analysis? (E.g., maybe we can fight cancer with viral nanobots, but what if they "get away" from us?) Related to the last... What about the ethics of nanotechnology? How might the physical world differ for a real nanorobot compared to the ones we're building?

What are the steps you followed to complete a mission? What sensors did you use for your missions? Why did you choose them? What were the design considerations for your robot base and attachments? How did your team work together to plan and execute the missions? Can you explain in detail how one particular mission was executed? (E.g., describe mission analysis, attachment construction & use, and the software code.)