Robot Challenges · Algorithms & Programming

Planning Routes

Designing a path for a robot and translating it into a series of commands.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can we plan the route before we touch the robot?
  2. 2What is the shortest number of steps to get to the destination?
  3. 3How do we account for obstacles in our path?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

KS1: Computing - AlgorithmsKS1: Computing - Programming
Year: Year 2
Subject: Computing
Unit: Robot Challenges
Period: Algorithms & Programming

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