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Computer Programming with Robots

• Computer programming consists of writing lines of code in a language that a computer will understand to solve a problem

• Some computer languages include: Java, C++, and Python


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What is Programming?The Scribbler RobotSound and MotionCamera and Sensors

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What is Programming?

|Michelle Delcourt|Georgia Tech


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What is Programming?

• Computer science can solve problems ranging from adding numbers together to operating a rover on Mars

• At Georgia Tech all students are required to take at least one course in computer science in order to graduate



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The Scribbler Robot

• $2 million program funded by Microsoft, Georgia Tech, and Bryn Mawr to encourage students to learn computer science

• At Georgia Tech, the robot program is centered at the Microsoft IPRE Lab (Institute for Personal Robots in Education)



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The Scribbler Robot

• Introduction to Programming with Robots or CS 1301 is the computer science course for non-engineering majors

• We used Python to talk to our robots and have them make noises, move, take pictures, draw, and explore their surroundings



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The Scribbler Robot

• The robot runs on six AA batteries and uses two big wheels and a smaller wheel to steer

• The robot’s camera dongle connects to a laptop computer via Bluetooth and allows a programmer to give commands



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Sound and Motion

• Two commands tell the robot to make noise: beep and speak

• beep() takes in information about the number of seconds and frequency of a note

beep(1,440)plays A one second• speak() takes in a

message in quotesspeak(“Hello”)



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Sound and Motion

• The robot’s motors power the large wheels and allow the robot to move

motors(1,1)forward full speed

motors(0.5,0.5)forward halfmotors(-1,-1)backwardmotors(0,0)/stop()

motors(1,-1)spin|Michelle Delcourt|Georgia Tech


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Camera and Sensors

• The camera on the dongle allows the robot to take pictures and even movies

pic = takePicture()

show(pic)

savePicture(pic,”pic.jpg”)



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Camera and Sensors

• The robot has a series of different sensors to obtain information from surroundings

• IR sensors locate various obstacles

• Light sensors measure light levels


• Dance• Photography• Tick Tack Toe• Color Recognition


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