Aim
The goal of the level is to introduce the concept of the ‘rules’ and the way that robots use to move in the space-time continuum.
Content
Level ‘e‘ (Robotics ‘e’) is the second part of the course “Robotics with Lego”. During the level students build robots with more complicated constructions with up to 3 motors and solve problems based on the already known sensors for touch, light, distance and sound. We explore different ways to attach the motors to the constructions. The robots no longer use the ‘only 2 tires attached to two different motors’ construction. The problems give the students a chance to be more creative.
Naming
The number ‘e’ is extremely fundamental and is frequently associated with the exhibitor and natural logarithm, but it is also one of the numbers that always appears in unusual places. ‘e’ is also often found when expressing the world around us through integrals and differentials.
There is a joke university students use: they say they want a grade between ‘e’ and ‘π’, meaning between 2.72 and 3.14, which is pretty much a 3. You could learn more about ‘e‘ following: http://www.khanacademy.org/video/introduction-to-compound-interest-and-e?playlist=Precalculus