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RCX- Scoopbot - Programming Instructions Prev. Section

When I originally photographed this model quite a long time ago, I never bothered to note down exactly how the program went. Here is a rough version of what it probably should be, but you can refine it yourselves as much as you like.

The program is very basic, and really just requires two small parts. These are to operate the different motors, and an explanation is given below.

Scoopbot - full

The two sensor watchers are for the two touch sensors on the vehicle. When the touch sensor is pressed, the idea is to make the robot turn. The conventional method is to just slow down one wheel, which will make the robot slowly turn a corner. However, Scoopbot makes use of tracks which have the ability to make the robot turn on the spot. To do this, you need to have one track turning one way and the other turning the other direction. Use the 'set direction' command for this, to make the tracks go in opposite directions when pressed and then the same direction when released. You need to reverse the direction of the 'set direction' feature on the other robot.

Depending on how you have aligned your wires, you may need to change the directions to make the robot go in the correct direction.

Congratulations - you have finished the project. Now test out your robot!

Screenshot of RCX programming

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