This is a classic robotics challenge where students have to build their own robot that will be used to tidy up a 2m by 1m mat full of lego bricks by either collecting or pushing these bricks outside the mat.
To complete this challenge we used the NXT Lego Mindstorm robot, alongside the Enchanting software to create the computer algorithm.
Here is our algorithm:
You can find out more about the Enchanting software on: http://enchanting.robotclub.ab.ca/.