Mission 6 of 7  ·  ★★★★★

Follow the Line

No walls this time. A black tape line curves across the floor and ends at the green tile. The color sensor under your car has to see the edge of the line and steer to stay on it.

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 · port C · keep it centred, facing forwardnot needed
Distance sensorport B · port Bnot needed
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

Line tracingProportional steeringColor sensor

Playbook cards for this mission: Follow the line · Green means go

Build it

Maze size

Along the routeWhole maze
3 → 2.2 → 3 → 2 → 2.5 lane widthsabout 10.3 × 3.5 lane widths

With a 30 cm lane width the maze is about 309 × 105 cm. Lane spacing is one lane width plus a wall.

Done when

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Printable version: mission-6-challenge.pdf