Mission 3 of 7  ·  ★★★★★

The S-Curve

The aisle zig-zags — right around one wall, left around the next. You can see the map, but a real robot has to sense its way. Swing the turret, look around, and let your car find each opening itself.

Before you start

Your toolkit

Everything on your car. The highlighted parts are the ones this mission needs.

SPIKE Hubthe brain · has a built-in gyroused this mission
2 Medium motorsleft + right wheels · ports A, Eused this mission
Large motorsteers the back · port Dused this mission
Large motorthe turret: swings the distance sensor · port Cused this mission
Distance sensorport B · looks right, left and ahead on the turretused this mission
Color sensorunderneath, pointing down · port Fused this mission
Hub gyrolevel-up: exact 90° turnsoptional level-up

Your car: the Delivery Cart with a large-motor turret carrying the distance sensor at the front, and a color sensor underneath. How to build it →

The maze
GREENFINISH START
Top view. Your car starts at the car icon. The green tile is the finish.
Your mission

What the car must do

Turret scanningOpen or blocked?Right-hand rule

Playbook cards for this mission: Stop and look · Open or blocked? · The right-hand rule · Green means go

Build it

Maze size

Along the routeWhole maze
5 → 1.2 → 5 → 1.2 → 5 lane widthsabout 6.3 × 3.7 lane widths

With a 30 cm lane width the maze is about 189 × 111 cm. Lane spacing is one lane width plus a wall.

Done when

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Printable version: mission-3-challenge.pdf