Imagine you are working with Civil Engineers to design an automated warehouse. Work in a group to design, build & code your own smart warehouse vehicle using the Climate Action Kit! Your job is to make a vehicle that follows a path, signals its direction, and senses when an obstacle is in the way.

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As you go through the steps below, you may wish to use our Design Journal Template to keep track of your work.

Journal Template
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Step 1

Research some examples of warehouse automation technologies and think about how they can help reduce the environmental footprint of industrial industries.

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Step 2

Plan your smart warehouse vehicle. Decide its features and choose the building blocks, sensors, smart components, and materials you will need to build it.

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Step 3

Build your prototype, then connect it to Microsoft MakeCode to add code.

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Step 4

Test and debug until the device works.

SUCCESS CRITERIA

I can build a smart warehouse vehicle prototype with the Climate Action Kit that can:

  • Efficiently navigate a warehouse
  • Stop when obstacles are in a path
  • Safely signal its path to warehouse staff

and uses at least:

  • The line follower for controlled driving
  • Stop when obstacles are in its path
  • Loops or conditional statements to optimize warehouse navigation

Don’t feel limited by this. You can get creative and add more features if you would like!

Let’s Build!