Robotix Inc - Game Script Think like a robot and learn Computer Science principles

Dear Jerry,

Your job is to make a robot that can clean a room. It can be any type of cleaning tool! The things you should consider when building your decision tree are, what the robot’s main task is, what may get in its way and what questions it can ask to make sure it overcomes its obstacles and completes its task!

Name the robot, then name its purpose and then write the decisions it will make!

For example:

Jerry’s VacuuBOT

When placed at an entrance, VacuuBOT moves one foot at a time and then cleans the space underneath it. 

1. Am I at the netrance and facing the room?
1. if no beep and blink green light
2. If yes:
1. Is there something blocking me within one foot ahead of me?
1. If no move one foot ahead
2. If yes: 
1. Is there something one foot to the right of me?
1. If no move one foot right
2. If yes:
1. Is there something one foot to the left of me?
1. If no move one foot left
2. If yes:
1. Is there something one foot behind me?
2. If no move one foot back
3. If yes: return to first question

Dear Sharona, 

Your job is to make a robot that will improve a player’s tennis serve. Check out your resources to learn about force and about the best kinds of tennis moves!

Then, name your robot, name its purpose and write a decision tree that a robot you might attach to a player’s tennis racket might go through to improve a player’s serve.

Dear Emille,

You need to make a new robot that can increase school safety. It should be a robot that performs one simple task, like this robot that can protect students in the parking lots at night. For example:

Name: Emille’s MaceBOT

Task: MaceBOT clips to your shirt and if you call “MACE!” to protect yourself it recognizes your voice and sprays mace outward at a perpretator.

Decision Tree:

1. Did someone say “MACE”?
1. If Yes: does the voice match my owners?
1. If yes: Spray MACE

Dear Tobey,

You build robots that know how to have a good time! We need you to think of a robot that can pull a good prank or think of a good joke.

Name your robot, then its task and then write the decision tree. For example:

Name: WhoopieCUSHIONBOT

Task: Rolls under a chair and puts a whoopie cushion on someone’s seat before they sit down and inflates deflated whoopie cushions.

Decision Tree:

1. Does whoopie cushion need inflation?
1. If yes: inflate
2. If no:
1. ask, which chair should I roll under?
1. then roll to that chair 
1. Is there a person on chair?
1. if yes: wait
2. If no: put whoopie cushion on chair and roll back to owner

Dear Xavier,

Your snack making skills are amazing! We need you to make a robot that will dole out snacks for hungry friends.

Name your robot, then its task and then write a decision tree! For example:

PizzaBOT

Pizza bot has a refridgerator and pizza oven so it can store ingredients assemble them and then bake them into a cheese pizza! 

1. Do I have cheese, sauce and dough?
1. If no: ask for necessary ingredient
2. If yes:
1. ask, do you want pizza?
1. If no: sleep mode
2. If yes:
1. spread dough into a wide circle, spread sauce and then cheese. Then bake the pizza and alert user when ready!