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Strawberry Plant Sorter Challenge

Challenge Overview

For this challenge, use a Loop to program your robot to move a number of objects to the left, or the right, depending on it’s color.
There are three colors:
  • Red or blue plants sorted to the left.
  • Green plants sorted to the right.

Note: You may improvise by using other sensors or moving sensors to an easier location on the robot.

Strawberry Plant Sorter Challenge

Challenge Details

 Rules and Procedures: 
  1. Use four objects (rectangular or official VEX game parts) to represent the plants. 
  2. The objects must be placed in a straight line, with at least a 5-centimeter space between them. 
  3. The objects should be a random mix of “good” and “bad” plants and placed in a random order for each run. 
  4. Green plants are considered “good.” 
  5. All other color plants are considered “bad.” 
  6. The robot must correctly sort all plants in a run to complete the Challenge. 
Strawberry Sorter Challenge
 Hints: 
  •  Use an if-then-else conditional block to conduct individual inspections.
  • Use the Device Menu on the IQ Brain to see what the color sensor is reading. Remember, the color sensor is very sensitive to ambient light. 

Program Upload: Strawberry Plant Sorter Challenge

Complete and upload your program for the Strawberry Plant Sorter Challenge.

Video Upload: Strawberry Plant Sorter Challenge

Upload a video of your robot completing the Strawberry Plant Sorter Challenge.

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