Today, the campers were introduced to the engineering and programming concepts of touch sensors. The touch sensors allowed campers to bump their robots into objects to trigger steps in their robot programs. "Bump-N-Stop," "Bump-N-Reverse," "Bump-N-Turn,""Bump-N-180," and "Bump-N-Bump" were the challenging events campers used their construction and programming skills to complete today. The "Bump-N-Reverse" design challenge gave the campers the chance to add touch sensors to the driving base that will strike a barrier, trigger the touch sensor, reverse direction, and stop in a box. "Bump-N-Turn" required campers to program both steering and touch sensors correctly to follow a predetermined course. This was the major challenge of the day. After completing the touch sensor tasks, the campers began working with the light sensor. Campers used the light sensor and programming skills to make the robotic vehicle move forward and locate a black line that was placed on the floor in the "Find the Line" challenge. Other challenges with the light sensor included "Follow the Line," and "Kick It!"

Teams learned a variety of skills all in preparation for the Robot Derby events to be held on Day Five. Parents, grandparents, family, and friends - you are all welcome to join the Derby Day events after our morning break at 2:30 so your camper can demonstrate some of his or her projects. Bring your cameras and be ready to experience MSU Robotics Camp 2009 at its finest!

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