Robotics Assignment

Your assignment is to complete the pilot 3 - Amusement Park - Bumper Car 1 Program. This program has your robot driving forward until it hits something. The robot should then reverse and turn (at the same time) and then procede forward again. The program should loop until the robot is switched off.

The Robotics component of the assignment will be judged as follows :

The Robot

• The drive train of the root will be judged. A simple set of wheels will receive less marks than a tractor type robot.
• The decorations on the robot will be judged. Flashing lights and other decorations will receive bonus marks
• Any special features of your own design that make the robot better, faster or stronger will gain extra marks.

The program

• The use of the simple Pilot 3 program will receive a base mark. %0%%0
• Extra bonus points will be gained by entering Inventor level 4 and designing the program from scratch. This will enable you to add new instructions to the simple pilot level program.
• Most real machines will make a noise while backing ... can you get the robot to play a sound or some music while backing.
• As the robot doesn't have a human operator, perhaps it should make a sound while going forward ?
• Sometimes, the robot will get stuck in a corner and not able to escape - how can you alter the program so that it will get itself out - hint: a timer object with a dice on it.
• Cars have reversing lights - can you install lights onto yours.
• Can you use two sensors, one for the right hand side and one for the left hand side. Can you have the robot turn in different directions depending upon which sensor is touched ?

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