Botball Specific Information
Here a few good starting points for learning more about Botball:
- Get information on Botball and educational standards.
- Connect with other teachers and team leaders in the Botball Community.
- Order robot kits and other materials at the Botball Store
- Get Started by learning the basics.
Building With LEGO Materials
Fred Martin's 1995 paper The Art of LEGO Design is an excellent guide to working with LEGO materials.
Construction Examples
The following robot build instructions may be useful as a source for ideas and techniques:
- Trypobot - iRobot Create based demo robot.
- Arthrobot - demo robot from the 2010 Botball workshop.
- Sir Pinchalot - the XBCv3 starter kit example robot
For additional examples and other information, take a look at:
- Tufts University's Lego Engineering web site.
- LEGO Technic's
Building Instructions site.
Other Robotics Resources
The NASA Education robotics website has great robotics information, videos, K-12 lesson plans, and more.