FIRST LEGO League Challenge Robot Design and Building
The two current LEGO sets that are used for designing and building FIRST LEGO League robots share many parts. Nevertheless, because their main bricks also known as hubs and their motors are different the robots built from them tend to look quite different.
General
How to Build a Reliable Robot by by Sanjay Seshan & Arvind Seshan, FRC 8027
Community Webinar: Building and Programming Reliable Robots by Sanjay Seshan & Arvind Seshan, FRC 8027
In this webinar, Sanjay and Arvind discuss the issue of reliability in FIRST LEGO League Challenge Robots.
This Webinar was originally broadcast by FIRST Canada on October 8, 2020 for their
FIRST LEGO League Kickoff and Conference.
Community Webinar: Building for Reliability by Team Moment Makers of Texas
Building SKills Quick GuideA PDF file containing a series of examples of LEGO building techniques.
SPIKE Prime
The SPIKE Prime set is supported by free downloadable software that includes instructions for building a variety of robots including two designs that can be useful starting points for FIRST LEGO League robots.
In addition to the instructions that come with the software, LEGO Education has posted information about FIRST LEGO League missions on their web site.
Why Doesn't My Robot Drive Straight? by LEGO Education
Mindstorms EV3
The booklet that comes with the Mindstorms EV3 kit includes some basic designs that are good starting points.
