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Originally Posted by CraigHickman
Bringing in a robot and letting them have some hands on time is always a fun thing. Also, here's an idea that I've tried: Bring in a simple vex bot, but have it be missing a component, or have something built wrong. Make it simple though. Then the kids can get a fun, hands on example of problem solving, and see how interesting robotics really is.
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I have found that the way the wheels tend to fall out of the default VEX squarebot is a good example of this. The problem doesn't require much engineering know how to solve, but it gives a well deserved sense of accomplishment.