During this long weekend, I finally managed to play with my Mindstorms robot again. I've created a TriBot (don't know why Lego calls it that). It's a vehicle bot that has claws to grab round objects like a ball.
In this preview, I've connected all 4 sensors: ultrasonic, touch, light, and sound to do the following:
- Using the ultrasonic sensor, wait until there's a ball placed in front of the ball. When the bot sees the ball, it runs towards it.
- Using the touch sensor (bumper), stop when the bot touches the ball placeholder.
- Using the sound sensor, wait for somebody to shout then grab the ball.
- Turn around and go to where the bot started. Using the light sensor, drop the ball when the bot sees the black line.
Download the video here: www.zedilabs.com/download/NXTTripod.MPG .I've managed to compress it to 1.8MB, but remember to zoom it at least 200x in Media Player before playing.
Next, I will show you how Microsoft Robotics Studio comes into play (the thing is, the programmer told me that I have to wait for the second CTP that fully-supports the Mindstorms NXT).