Brick Race
Our autumn challenge for everyone aged 9 to 99: build a brick car or walking robot on a micro:bit robotics board, program it in the GeekEdu MakeCode editor and race it with a radio joystick.
Controller
Radio joystick controller
Turn a micro:bit and a Yahboom GHBit joystick board into the remote control for your brick racing car.
Cars
Wukong mecanum racer
Build a brick racing car on an ElecFreaks Wukong board with mecanum wheels and steer it with the radio joystick.
Building:bit tank
Build a brick tank on a Yahboom Building:bit board and drive it with the radio joystick.
Brick motorcycle
Build a fast two-motor brick motorcycle on the Wukong board and drive it with the micro:bit buttons.
Line-following brick car
Build a brick car that follows a black line on its own with a two-channel tracking sensor.
Obstacle-avoiding brick car
Build a brick car that sees obstacles with an ultrasonic sensor and turns away from them.
Walkers
Walking robot
Build a two-legged brick robot that walks on a single motor and drive it with the micro:bit buttons.
Crawler
Build a brick crawler that pulls itself along the floor with one motor.
Spider walker
Build a many-legged brick spider that walks forward and back on one motor.
Robot dog
Build a four-legged brick robot dog that trots forward on one motor.
