Today, the campers continued the engineering and programming concepts learned during Day Three about touch sensors. The touch sensors allowed campers to bump their robots into objects to trigger steps in their robot programs.  The first few activities required the use of two touch sensors. Campers programmed their robots and touch sensors to complete "Touch-Touch Go," "Driver's Ed K-Turn," and "Touch it-Sense it". The day's most challenging activity was the "Blue ball-Red ball Light Sensor Challenge".  Campers used the preset program in the NXT program to utilize a third motor that controlled the club arm. The robot was program to sense whether it approached a red ball or blue ball.  The club arm was used to knock the red ball out of the way.  

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 10:30 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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