Introduction To the Buggy =)

My assignment is to create a buggy that coud be used as a "vacume cleaner". it shoud be able to use various inputs and outputs. for instance, Infra-Red so it could mobe aroud a room/maze unsupervised. If the the test goes sucessfull then the "vacume" assembly will be incoprated in to the buggy.


I am going to review the buggy above and the software which is used to program it. The buggy has manny imput, Infra-Red, Light Sensor, Line Sensor and Mic. and the outputs are LED, Motor and Speaker.


Input

Infra-Red Sensor: this kind of sensor is used so that the buggy coud virtully see the walls so it does not hit it.

Light Sensor: this kind of sensor is used so that it could stop moving when it gets dark.
Mic: this kind of sensor is used so that it could react to soud for example a clap.Line Sensor: this kind of sensor is used so that it could follow a black line.


Output

You can program the LED's in the robot so you coud make it flash in a sequence or indvadually.The motor are used so that the buggy could turn left, right, move forwards and backwords and also do a 350 on one place.The speaker is used to made a musical tune.



Software

The Software which was used was called "Formuls Flowcode". You can virtually play the buggy in the software. Below is an example for buggies LEDflash. The code had 1 second delay time sp the LED lighht coud change simultanously.


Aanother example can be thet making the buggy move forward 150, followed by a delay time of 2 seconds, then spin left 150, another delay time of 850 milisecond, move forward 150 and finally stop.

Benefits

• A low cost, all-inclusive solution

• Can also be used for mechanical studies

• A highly motivating approach to learning