Aim
The aim of the level is to introduce the rules and strategies for building robots for different competitions.
Content
Level ’42’ (Robotics ‘42’) is part of the course “Robotics with Lego” and has the name “Competition robots”. During the level students learn how to build good and winning robots. Different elements and activities like catching, moving, storing and processing elements are learned. In the level students could choose their programming language and are further introduced with NXT (Not eXactly C). After the level they have an understanding about the challenges that different competitions have to offer.
The number ‘42‘ is found in the book “The hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy” by Douglas Adams and is found in the folklore of the large part of the IT specialists like “the answer to all questions”. It is occasionally used with different purposed, but mainly as an entertainment. More information could be found in the encyclopedia Wikipedia.