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What does Motor Power mean? 27 Aug 2013 | 08:57 am
The girl's stall detection block works great on EV3. Later versions of NXT-G had issues with stopping a motor block in one thread from inside the stall detection block running on a second thread. On E...
Projects, Profiles, and Version Control 26 Aug 2013 | 08:19 pm
On Saturday we had a volunteer kickoff meeting/recruitment/socialize party. At the party I got a chance to hear snippets about the challenge (I have no team this year and have no access to the mat or ...
Would you add a 7 year old? 26 Aug 2013 | 02:19 am
I would like some input from experienced coaches. Would you or have you allowed a 7 year old on your FLL team? I have found the skills needed to be too challenging for most 9 year olds. We have always...
Student Edition or Parent Edition of Ev3 Software? 24 Aug 2013 | 08:42 am
Can someone advise if it's best when installing the EV3 software to select the Parent or Student Edition? I am wary of picking one and then regretting it later. The computer the software is being load...
Printing 23 Aug 2013 | 06:04 am
Has anyone tried printing their programs out yet? When I did it, it wouldn't show the "hidden" conditions of the switches. Am I missing something?
EV3 Programming Tutorials 22 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
Over the past week, our team has been developing tutorial videos about EV3 programming for new programmers/those who want a refresher. We started the project because one of our members is currently ou...
Line following 22 Aug 2013 | 08:06 pm
I can't seem to wrap my brain around this and I can't figure out why. Following a line where the light sensor is ahead of the wheels is no problem. I was able to teach the girls that last year and ev...
Looking for FLL team in Milwaukee area that needs new member 21 Aug 2013 | 11:53 pm
My 5th grader attended Lego Robotics at the UWM College for Kids this summer. He'd love to join a team. Does anyone in the Milwaukee area have room?
Wait For Completion Option in Motor Block 21 Aug 2013 | 10:14 pm
My team unchecked the "Wait For Completion" option in the motor block to allow motor A to move while the rest of the program continued. I don't see this option in the new medium and large motor blocks...
Mat Fray 21 Aug 2013 | 08:32 pm
We have only had our mat a few weeks and only had it out once. Today was the 2nd time we took it out of our secure storage and we noticed that the edges of the mat of fraying really badly already. Lik...
