Robotics

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Robotics

• Lab (Finish parking) Bluetooth applications
• Homework Postings. Next week Library research
  project!

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Bluetooth example

• Master robot moves until bumper. Sends rotation
  sensor value.
• Slave waits for message displays value.
• Note one or the other robot needs to convert
  number to text
• Need to start the waiting robot first.

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Change to actual motor
OOPS. Needed to change to backwards, because of
location of bumper
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Note

• Good use of comments
• Indicate name of other program
• Indicate starting information
• ?

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Suggestions

• Try this or something no more complex first.
• May need to record, or say to each other,
• which is master/which is slave
• which one starts first
• May need to insert displays or sounds to confirm
  what is happening

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Challenge

• Work in multi-robot teams
• Use grabber
• Find and distinguish red or blue ball
• Use MyBlock and global variables
• Send Bluetooth message to appropriate
  slave/helper/??? NXT

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Homework

• Library project on APPROVED topic
• Prepare 1 page summary, image, bibliography (at
  least 3 sources. Give complete citations)
• Formal presentation
• PowerPoint charts or other format (e.g., HTML)
• Content as appropriate, integrate information
  from sources and give your own reasoned opinion.