Category: Facts
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Preview of Starter Building Kit for InsectBot finalists
Five finalists of the competition announced in late August, will receive an InsectBot Starter Building Kit which will include several components, the core compulsory elements being: Processor Sensor Motor When designing your InsectBot be sure to consider the above compulsory components and highlight them in your design. Our judging panel will be reviewing all entries…
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Explore NZ insects with Morgane
WEEK THREE. Find out more about native NZ insects and their characteristics and how these elements can be incorporated into a design for an InsectBot that can survive on Mars!
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Insider robotic tips on how to build a successful InsectBot
WEEK THREE. Meet HexRoach. Be inspired by how our robotics expert got on when he designed and built his version of an InsectBot.
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Deep dive into Mars with Tauranga Astronomical Society
WEEK THREE. Here’s David from TAS to give you even more insight into the red planet.
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Mars environment
WEEK TWO. Learning about Mars’ environment is definitely key in order to build a robot capable of moving around. Here are some quick facts to get you started.
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How nature can inspire robotic design
WEEK TWO. What will your InsectBot look like and what are the specific characteristics it will have in order to adapt to the Mars environment?
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Characteristics of different insects
WEEK TWO. Now that you know the different characteristics of an insect and their structure, let’s have a look at a few of them with features that might be useful for you to learn about when designing your InsectBot.
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What is an insect?
WEEK ONE. What is an insect? What are its features and what do they help it do? Did you know that insects have been around for 4 millions years!!
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Robots are fascinating
WEEK ONE. Robots are fascinating! They can look like anything and pretty much do anything you program them to do. Robots are created to do jobs that us humans find too dangerous or boring and some are designed to go underwater, rocky terrain or fly.
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Mars is intriguing
WEEK ONE. Mars is such an intriguing environment and humans have been so curious to learn more about it for years now.