Virtual LEGO Robotics Toolkit Basics

There are a lot of things you can learn about robotics, but you don’t have a robotics kit. Is that the case? Then this class is for you.

Virtual LEGO Robotics is a way to learn how to code through robotics in a game-like setting. Use LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Lab software to control EV3 robots in the Virtual Robotics toolkit software that you will learn about in this course. To download and install Virtual Robotics Toolkit software, I have shown you how to do that. I have also shown you how to connect the EV3 Lab software with the Virtual robotics toolkit software. I’ve given you a quick overview of VRT’s Simple and Advanced mode toolbars, so you can see how they work.

After you finish this course, you will also know how to compete in virtual robotics competitions, so you can win prizes. Before you can take this class, you’ll need to install two programs on your PC. Software for LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Lab and for Virtual Robotics Toolkit are two of the things that you can use. The LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Lab software is free, and the Virtual Robotics Toolkit is paid software that you have to buy. Installing the Virtual Robotics Toolkit for the first time will give you 15 days of free use. After that, you must pay for the software.

Learning goals:

• Learn how to use the virtual simulator to see how programming works.
• Learn how to make and control a virtual robot.
• Use the EV3 Lab software to learn how to program a robot.
• You will learn how to compete in Virtual Robot Competitions.

Some things you must do before taking this class:

• You need the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Lab Software to run the lab (Free software)
• It’s software that makes it easier to make virtual robots that can do things.