Robot Instructions
A program is an exact sequence of instructions: a robot follows precisely what each instruction says, in order, so changing the order or a turn changes the result.
ComputingAges 9-12~9 min🎙️ Voice tutor
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What your child will figure out
- Build and run an ordered sequence of forward and turn instructions to reach a goal.
- Predict a robot's exact endpoint by reading a program from first instruction to last.
- Interpret left and right turns relative to the robot's current orientation.
- Debug wrong turns in a novel maze using the execution trace as evidence.
The levels
- Straight to the signal
Build an ordered forward sequence, predict its endpoint, and reach the signal.
- Read the program
Read a locked mixed sequence and predict the endpoint before running it.
- The wrong turn
Observe a wrong-turn bug, then repair it using orientation and trace evidence.
- Canyon transfer
Debug two wrong turns in a broken program on a novel obstacle map.
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