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Challenge Overview

Program the robot to navigate around the Moon’s crater using steering command blocks.

Requirements:
  1. The robot should start and finish in the same area.
  2. Use steering command blocks to program the robot to drive around one “crater.” 
  3. Program the robot to make wide-angle turns using the steering block to drive around the crater. 
  4. Hint: Measure the distance the robot needs to drive toward the crater and what angle it should turn. 

Steer Around the Crater

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Mini-Challenge: Steer Around the Crater

Practice solving the Mini-Challenge in this virtual activity! You can program this virtual robot to complete the Steer Around the Crater Mini-Challenge as a way to plan and test your solution for your physical SPIKE Prime.
Steer around the Crater Mini-Challenge

Virtual SPIKE Prime Curriculum

The virtual activity above is included as one of 90+ simulated environments in our Coding and Computational Thinking with Virtual SPIKE Prime curriculum. Several additional mini-challenges in this curriculum will allow you to practice in the virtual environment first. If you'd like access to the full virtual solution, you can purchase it using the Digital Store button at the top of the page or at the CMU University store.

Program Upload: Steer Around the Craters

Complete and upload your program for the Steer Around the Craters Challenge.

Video Upload: Steer Around the Craters

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