NXT"s First Move
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Seeing a robot move is definitely amazing. It will surely lighten up your mood for it is fascinating. You would ask yourself what’s the secret behind the enchanting moves of that particular robot. You would spend hours searching for codes to make the robot create tricks. It’s a crazy yet exhilarating feeling, seeing something from scratch, specifically a robot, move.
The class has a LEGO Mindstorms NXT kit. The NXT Intelligent Brick, its
main component, can take input from a maximum of four sensors and three motors. The sensors and motors will be connected to it using RJ12 cables. Having NXT for the first time was a mixed up of emotions. Everyone in the group was busy finding small parts that will fit one another.
Members of the group were so frantic because it was a time-pressured activity. At that time FOCUS was the only thing that they have on their minds. Destructions were not allowed since the robot must be moving already and the time given is not that enough so they did their best to move quickly. Programmers in their group doubled their time for it to be perfectly moving. Other members were busy finding batteries everywhere. Good thing! At the end of that activity they were able to see NXT move. Seeing NXT move for the first time is absolutely an achievement for it worked well.