27404 Parallax Inc, 27404 Datasheet - Page 159

• Manufacturer Part Number: 27404
• Description: COMPETITION RING FOR SUMOBOT
• Manufacturer: Parallax Inc

Specifications of 27404

• Accessory Type: Hobby and Education
• Product: Microcontroller Accessories
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Contains lead / RoHS non-compliant
• For Use With/related Products: SumoBot®
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant, Contains lead / RoHS non-compliant

Since
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maneuver
person could dream up.
ACTIVITY #2: SETTING YOUR SIGHTS ON THE OPPONENT
As soon as your SumoBot sees its opponent with one infrared object detecting "eye", it
needs to maneuver so that it can see it with both eyes. There are lots of ways to do this.
For example, the SumoBot can be programmed to do a standard Boe-Bot maneuver by
rotating in place until it sees its opponent with both eyes. The drawback to this approach
involves a nearby opponent shown in Figure 4-5. If your SumoBot halts all forward
√
√
√
maneuver
Modify the
in the SumoBot maneuver constants list.
For the
can do a full circle in the ring without passing over the white tawara line (see
Figure 4-4).
commands can have up to 256 different
Try making up some of your own, and add them to the maneuver constants list.
Remember, you will need new entries added to the
Spend some time refining CurveLeft and CurveRight. These two maneuvers are
strategically important to your SumoBot.
variable to a byte, you will likely have more maneuver possibilities than a
CurveLeft
is a nibble variable, it can store any one of up to 16 different maneuvers.
Pulse_Servos
and
CurveRight
subroutine to accommodate the rest of the maneuvers
maneuvers, tune them so that the SumoBot
Value
arguments, so if you change the
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Figure 4-4
Circling inside the
Sumo Ring
command’s table.