Booklet

EXCELLENT WORK!
You’ve earned your wings, and now you’re an ace programmer! By successfully
completing all of these missions, you are licensed to send your RECON 6.0 on the
most difficult and dangerous missions you can dream up! Use the blank maps on
the next few pages to get started.
As any software developer knows, to design good code you need to follow 3
basic steps: design, program, and test. The same is true here. For each Rover
mission, you’ll need to:
DESIGN THE MISSION
This means envisioning what you want RECON 6.0 to do, using your tools
to measure and map out the course.
PROGRAM YOUR ROVER
This means turning your design ideas into a logical sequence by filling in the
blank code map, double-checking to make sure you didn’t miss any steps,
and finally, programming your code.
TEST YOUR PROGRAM
Run your mission. Did your RECON 6.0 do what you wanted it to do? If not,
pinpoint where it went wrong and go back and fix your code. Remember to
use the EDIT command, resave it, and run it again.
RESULTS!
If you follow all 3 of these steps every time you create a mission, your RECON
6.0 will reward you with perfectly executed missions and hours of fun!
Double-check your code. Is all of
your programming correct?
Is your starting position accurate?
Check your measurements. Did
you input them correctly? Did you
use inches instead of feet?
Did you calibrate your RECON 6.0
to the current surface as shown
on pages 6–7?
Did it get off track? Perhaps you
looped it too many times.
Are your batteries low?
Is your payload too heavy?
TROUBLESHOOTING
As you experiment with your own missions, your RECON 6.0 may not perform how you
imagined. What now? If you have any problems, review these troubleshooting suggestions
to guide you:
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