Botball Explorer · CS1 + AI Literacy · Python Edition

Student Labs · Python

The same Botball Explorer curriculum, written in Python. Enter your PIN, work through the activity, then press Submit & Download to save your results file and a printable PDF.

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Start Here · Before Unit 1

PreLab 0 The Machine Check your kit, find the six subsystems on your own robot, and agree how you work safely. Completion checklist — nothing to write up. Open PreLab → PreLab 1 · Before Unit 1 The Toolchain Boot the Wombat, connect to it, and run a Python program you typed yourself. Lab 1.1 assumes all of this already works. Open PreLab →

Unit 1 · Understanding Instructions

Big Idea 1 The Waypoint Navigator Algorithms and sequencing — write, run, and debug a program that drives to a target and stops. Open Lab → Big Idea 2 The Red Cube Breakdown Decomposition and functions — break a mission into small behaviors and build them one at a time. Open Lab →

Unit 5 · Reliability & Uncertainty

Big Idea 1 The Second Attempt Lists and indexed state — predict a believed pose (x, y, heading) during movement and correct it at real reset checkpoints. Open Lab →