10. Case 07: Fall-arrest Cutebot
10.1. Purpose
The Cutebot reverses quickly when detecting the edge of a table and goes forward after making a turn.
10.2. Materials
1 x Cutebot Kit
10.3. Software Platform
10.4. Programming
Step 1
Click the “Advanced” to see more choices in the MakeCode drawer.
A codebase is required for Cutebot programming, click “Add Package” at the bottom of the drawer, search
Cutebot
in the dialogue box and download it.
Note: If you met a tip indicating incompatibility of the codebase, you can continue with the tips or build a new project there.
Step 2
Choose “show icon” in the
On start
brick.
Step 3
Drag
if
brick intoforever
brick and judge if both of the line-tracking sensors are detecting the edges of the black line, then set the right wheel speed to20
.If not, set the speed of both wheels as
-50
to reverse, pause300ms
and keep the left wheel still but the right wheel moves at a random speed from 50~100 and lasts 100ms.Set the speed of both wheels to 0 and pause 1s to move forward again.
Programming
Links: https://makecode.microbit.org/_2z1hh4iEUgTY
You can also download it directly below:
10.5. Result
The Cutebot reverses quickly when detecting the edge of a table and goes forward after making a turn.