Goal: Make a pet sitter to help care for an animal while its owner is away—a fish feeder, a dog walker—the pet and the task are up to you. Thanks for helping our furry, feathered, and scaly companions! This is a joint WeDo/MINDSTORMS challenge!
Start Date: December 1st, 2017
Due Date: December 31st, 2017
Rules: You may use only the sensors and motors from the WeDo 2.0 kit, the original WeDo kit, or the LEGO BOOST kit. However, you are welcome to use multiple WeDo kits, BOOST kits, additional LEGO pieces, and non-LEGO materials.
My students have used the WeDo Challenge to practise English skills. They have had to communicate in English while working and then figure out at way to present their idea in a video. Ketil, Trine, Mads and Diana have made and robot pet sitter that is able to feed the animals and in theory do […]
My students have used the WeDo Challenge to practise English skills. They have had to communicate in English while working and then figure out at way to present their idea in a video. Gunnar, Phillip, Asbjørn and Cecilie has build a automatic dog feeder that at certain time gives the dogs the right amount of […]
Nikita has build an endless track for a “snowball” to keep a cat busy. There is a motor and a motion sensor helping the lever to return the ball to the starting position. Nikita is very grateful for the letter and the medal from Dr. E!
This motorized poop picker-upper makes cleaning up after your dog less of a mess! (If you want to use the low-tech approach instead, there’s a handle for using the device without the motor.)
This combination food-and-water dish entertains your dog as well. When the sensor detects the dog, the dish drives forward with lights and sounds.
This dog-dish delivery system slides the food dish to the floor when its sensor detects the dog.
Keep your pet entertained while you are away with the pet skateboard/hoverboard park!