Light Chasing Robot Project

To close the Spring 2023 semester, the IT Girls constructed a light chasing robot.  This robot had a three-part assembly: the first wiring multiple motors and adding a switch, the second adding light sensors, and the final step of adding a robot "skin" and testing the robot with a flashlight. The girls gained knowledge of what complete and incomplete circuits are, and the role of an on/off switch in a circuit. Additionally, the girls learned how to add wires to a motor, which allows electricity to move through the motor and causes the robot to move. Finally, the girls finished the project by adding light sensors that control how much electricity flows through the wires and motors, and the direction the robot moved. As a bonus challenge, the girls rewired their robots to run backwards!