Fun for Absolute Beginners - LEGO MindStorms EV3-G
Beginner-Fun-With-Lego-EV3-G-ED43-July-2023 (pdf)
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Often beginners can get stuck when starting to use robots for STEM. We produced widely-used free "Absolute Beginner Build and Code" online resources for LEGO's EV3 set. A free PDF eBooklet containing a guided overview of these tutorial resources is available for download above. The videos used in this course are shown below. Most are fun for one student, and we have added a few (labelled "Extra") that are useful in a classroom where there is more than one EV3 set.
Free STEM Robot Fun with LEGO's EV3 Set.
Robot Fun 1 - EV3.
How to build and code LEGO MindStorms EV3 Robots for Beginners.
Robot Fun 2 - EV3.
How to build your first LEGO EV3 robot.
Robot Fun 3 - EV3.
LEGO EV3 software, why we need it.
Robot Fun 4 - EV3.
How to download LEGO's free EV3 coding and editing software.
Robot Fun 5 - EV3.
How to connect your LEGO EV3 robot to your computer & how to code our first program.
Robot Fun 6 - EV3.
How to update your LEGO Mindstorms EV3 computer brick firmware.
Robot Fun 7 - EV3.
How to teach our LEGO EV3 Robot to move..
Robot Fun 8 - EV3.
Approaching a horrible Alien! - Teach your LEGO EV3 robot to move, smile and speak. For a home-made arena, anything made from sheets of colored cardboard would be fine. If there is an A1 Printer available in a nearby shop, click here for a pdf of the arena shown in our video.
Robot Fun 9 - EV3.
How to put a "Happy Face" on your LEGO EV3 robot.
Robot Fun 10 - EV3.
Going Towards the Alien - Lego EV3 tutorial - EV3-G
Continuing Robot Ev3 Fun - Tutorials 11 to 20
Robot Fun 11 - EV3.
How to teach our LEGO EV3 robot to speak, saying "Hello" to the Alien.
Robot Fun 12 - EV3.
How to make our LEGO EV3 robot speak and change facial expression.
Robot Fun 13 - EV3.
How to make our LEGO EV3 robot go backwards.
Robot Fun 14 - EV3.
How to change "Botticelli" into a three-wheeled LEGO EV3 robot, "LucyBot".
Robot Fun 15 - EV3.
How to add back wheels to our LEGO EV3 Home set Robot "LucyBot".
Robot Fun 16 - EV3.
How to use the ball as a back "wheel" for our LEGO EV3 Education set Robot "LucyBot".
Robot Fun 17 - EV3.
Going "Around The Moon" with Lego MindStorms EV3 Robot "LucyBot".
Robot Fun 18 - EV3.
How to use code to send your LEGO EV3 robot to the pretend Moon.
Robot Fun 19 - EV3.
Around The Moon using a Lego MindStorms EV3 Robot.
Robot Fun 20 - EV3.
How to get your LEGO EV3 robot back to Earth in the "Around The Moon" Challenge..
Continuing Robot Ev3 Fun - Tutorials 21 to 30
Robot Fun 21 - EV3.
Four student examples of LEGO EV3 Robots "Going around the Moon".
Robot Fun 22 - EV3.
Six Advanced students show how to send their LEGO EV3 robots "Around the Moon".
Robot Fun 23 - EV3.
Overview: A Lego EV3 Robot Floor Cleaner?
Robot Fun 24 - EV3.
Two Examples of Floor Cleaner runs from Margate School.
Robot Fun 25 - EV3.
Three Examples of Floor Cleaner runs from Huonville School.
Robot Fun 26 - EV3.
Four Examples of Floor Cleaner runs from a TAG workshop.
Robot Fun 27 - EV3.
Two Examples of Floor Cleaner runs from Mount Nelson School.
Robot Fun 28 - EV3.
Hints for solving the Floor Cleaner Challenge.
Robot Fun 29 - EV3.
Extra: In a classroom, use your imagination and change LucyBot into a fun Tug-Of-War Robot. Some suggestions can be downloaded by clicking here.
Robot Fun 30 - EV3.
Overview Building YayaBot..
Continuing Robot Ev3 Fun - Tutorials 31 to 40
Robot Fun 31 - EV3.
Building YayaBot Part 1 - Education & Home Sets.
Robot Fun 32 - EV3.
Building YayaBot Part 2 - Home Set Only.
Robot Fun 33 - EV3.
Building YayaBot Part 2 - Education Set Only.
Robot Fun 34 - EV3.
Extra: Robot SUMO Overview using Lego MindStorms EV3 Robots. If you are not in a classroom, you can try pushing toys out of the ring. Our experience about SUMO arenas for school/home use may be useful, click here.
Robot Fun 35 - EV3.
Extra: Finding the SUMO Ring using a Lego MindStorms EV3 Robot.
Robot Fun 36 - EV3.
Extra: Stopping at the edge of the UMO Ring using a Lego MindStorms EV3 Robot.
Robot Fun 37 - EV3.
Extra: Travelling around inside the SUMO Ring using a Lego MindStorms EV3 Robot.
Robot Fun 38 - EV3.
Overview: Line Following for Lego MindStorms EV3 robots. A thick black straight texta line on a sheet of white paper makes a good start for line following. You can also get a "straight line" pdf to print on an A4 printer by clicking here. Curved lines for an A3 printer can be downloaded from this web page. If you have the A1 "Alien" template from tutorial 8, than that is ideal.
Robot Fun 39 - EV3.
Using Lego MindStorms EV3 Color Sensor readings to follow the edge of a line.
Robot Fun 40 - EV3.
Using EV3-G Commands to teach our Lego MindStorms EV3 Robot to follow an edge of a line.
Continuing Robot Ev3 Fun - Tutorials 41 to 47
Robot Fun 41 - EV3.
Teaching Lego MindStorms EV3 Robot YayaBot to follow the edge of a line.
Robot Fun 42 - EV3.
How to Set up Tape Line Mazes on Carpets or Floors for Lego EV3 and NXT line-following robots.
Robot Fun 43 - EV3.
How to Use Colored Tape in a Line Maze for Lego EV3 and NXT line-folowing robots..
Robot Fun 44a - EV3.
How to Use Printed Templates to build EV3 and NXT Line-Following Circuits and Mazes.
Robot Fun 45 - EV3.
How to Set Up Walled and Line Mazes for Lego EV3 and NXT MindStorms Robots.
Robot Fun 46 - EV3.
Overview: Lego MindStorms EV3 Robot Clears the Swimming Pool.
Robot Fun 47 - EV3.
Code: Lego MindStorms EV3 Robot Clears the Swimming Pool.