Final Project: Robot Dance Off

Two songs: All the Single Ladies and Campfire Song Song. Two groups of students each with three robots. Four judges for 1. choreography, 2. costume and set design 3. technical skill 4. overall appeal. The results? See below.

 

"Could we have a dance-off?" Absolutely! Great idea. This was the students' final project for the course. Six EV3 robots meant 6 pairs of students coming up with their respective dance proposals. Before the students were allowed to begin choreographing their dances, Mrs. Nora Francis, the Brentwood School Middle School dance instructor, taught the students about some elementary dance moves. Some required elements included:
1. chaine- 360 degree turn
2. canon- one robot
In addition, the routines needed to include a sensor interacting with something on the dance floor. Eventually, two songs were chosen and the students programmed the robots to dance to those two songs.

The judges:

The final contest was done at the last middle school assembly before winter break. The kids loved it.