Encourage them to use text, videos, images, sketchnotes, or another creative medium. Students can use various methods to simulate the headlights, such as: The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Home/Retail Edition set (LEGO 31313) retirement was announced in the later part of 2020. Have the students write a program using the Color Sensor in Compare Ambient Light Intensity mode to simulate automatic headlights. The third generation of LEGO robotics (45544) will be officially retired on June 31, 2021. – Reflected Light Intensity, which measures the light from the Color Sensor that is reflected off of a nearby surface back to the sensor – Ambient Light Intensity, which detects light levels – Color, which detects LEGO ® system colors Introduce the Color Sensor and demonstrate to the students that it has three modes: Have the students begin a new project in the EV3 programming environment. You’ll also build a simple Lift Arm that you’ll use to experiment with the.

You can use the TriBot to run the example programs in the rest of this book and to test your own programs later on. Are the wires correctly connected from the motors to ports B and C? This chapter shows you how to build a simple, three-wheeled TriBot ( Figure 3-1) that uses all of the EV3 sensors.Have the students perform the following building check before they program their robots: