Robot Challenges · Algorithms & Programming

Robot Debugging

Identifying why a physical robot did not reach its goal and correcting the input.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why did the robot turn left when we wanted it to go right?
  2. 2How can we test small parts of the program to find the error?
  3. 3What is the difference between a mistake in the plan and a mistake in the typing?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

KS1: Computing - ProgrammingKS1: Computing - Debugging
Year: Year 2
Subject: Computing
Unit: Robot Challenges
Period: Algorithms & Programming

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