Unit Activities:
LED Lights Lab (found in packet)
Text: Parallax: Robotics with the BOE-Bot
Chapter 4: Navigation
- Activity 1: Basic BOE-Bot Maneuvers (pg 103)
- Activity 2: Tuning the Basic Maneuvers (pg 109)
- Activity 3: Calculating Distances (pg 112)
- Activity 4: Maneuvers -- Ramping (pg 117)
- Activity 5: Simplify Navigation with Subroutines (pg 120)
- Using Variables in Subroutines (pg 125)
- Create Your Own Custom Subroutine
Text: Parallax: Robotics with the BOE-Bot
Chapter 5: Tactile Navigation with Whiskers
- Activity 1: Building and Testing the Whiskers (pg 144)
- Activity 2: Field Testing the Whiskers (pg 152)
- Tactile Navigation with LED Output (pg 154)
- Activity 3: Navigation with Whiskers (pg 155)
- Activity 4: Artificial Intelligence and Deciding when You're Stuck (pg 160)
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Chapter 6: Light-Sensitive Navigation with Phototransistors
- Activity 1: A Simple Binary Light Sensor (pg 171)
- Halting the Robot Under the Bright Light (pg 175)
- How the Phototransistor Circuit Works (Read pg 176 - 179)
- Activity 2: Measure Light Levels with Phototransistors (pg 179)
- Testing Light Values (pg 183 - 220)
- Activity 6: Test Navigation Routine with the BOE-Bot (pg 212)
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Chapter 7: Navigating with Infrared Headlights
- Activity 1: Building and Testing the IR Object Detectors (pg 223)
- Activity 2: Field Testing for Object Detection and Infrared Interference (pg 230)
- Activity 3: Infrared Detection Range Adjustments (pg 234)
- Activity 4: Object Detection and Avoidance (pg 237)
- Activity 5: High-Performance IR Navigation (pg 239)
- Activity 6: The Drop-Off Detector (pg 242)
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Chapter 8: Robot Control with Distance Detection
- Activity 1: Testing the Frequency Sweep (pg 255)
- Object Detection (pg 259)
- Activity 3: Following a Stripe (pg 271 - 277)
- Running a Maze with the BOE-Bot (284 - 287)
Activity: 7-Segment Display (Mr. Birno's activity)
Understanding the 7 Segment Display
High / Low for LEDs
Using Subroutines to Count Up / Down