Creative Inventions and Robotics

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Programming with Robolab
Creative Inventions and Robotics www.build-it-you
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By Rebekah Gendron
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Programming with Robolab
Programming is writing a set of directions for
your robot to follow. You will be writing . . . A
programming story!
. . . and all writers need the proper tools to
work with!
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Programming with Robolab
This is the Tools Palette (Your writing
instruments)
Position/Select Tool
Change Value Tool
Text Tool
Wiring Tool
Scroll Tool
Set Color Tool
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Programming with Robolab
This is the Functions Palette (The words for
your story)
Begin
End
Structures Sub-Menu
Wait For Sub-Menu
Modifiers Sub-Menu
4 Sub-Menus
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Programming with Robolab
Writing a Simple Programming Story
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1. Once Upon a Time 2. Motor A turned on Full
Power 3. It waited until a Touch Sensor on Port 3
was pushed 4. Then Motor A turned off 5. The End
The wiring tool connects each word together to
make the story complete!
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Programming with Robolab
Wiring Tips
End
Begin
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2
Remember to wire each function separately
Start with your 2 Functions
3
4
Move your Wire Tool to the top left corner of the
2nd function and click to complete the wire
Click your Wire Tool on the top right corner of
the 1st function
BROKEN WIRES must be removed or the program wont
work You can remove the broken wires in EDIT or
by typing CTRL B
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Programming with Robolab
If you want to program your robot to wait for an
action before it proceeds then you will need to
use
The Wait For Sub-Menu
Wait For Time
Wait For Light
Wait For Touch
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Programming with Robolab
Heres a program that will continually turn two
motors on and off.
Jump
Land
Wait for Touch and Wait for Time are found in the
Wait For Sub-Menu
Jump and Land lets the program loop back around
forever Jump and Land are found in the Structures
Sub-Menu
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