Monday December 9th, 2013

Programming Insectbot with Ardublock

Index
1. InsectBot Introduction
2. How to play InsectBot using ArduBlock
3. Download latest ArduBlock

1. InsectBot Introduction

insectbot

Insectbot is an Arduino-based 2-servo walker robot with one infrared sensor to detect obstacles. This easy-to-assemble kit is designed to enable creative engineering and robotics learning for age 6 and above. It is the best way to start building robot on Arduino.

Download

Buy InsectBot Kit

2. How to play InsectBot using ArduBlock

insectbot-block

We add some bricks for InsectBot in latest ArduBlock.

Distance
get distance to obstacle in front of InsectBot.
In Danger?
Is the obstacle too close to InsectBot?
Go Forward
let InsectBot go forward
Go Back Right
let InsectBot go backward
Turn Left
let InsectBot turn left
Blink
let InsectBot LED blink.

A complete ArduBlock porgram for InsectBot shown below.

abinsectbot

Print distance of obstacle in front of InsectBot via Serial Port.

if obstacle too close to InsectBot

then blink LED on body of InsectBot, turn left 5 times and go backward 5 times.

otherwise, go forward.

You can download example from here: -> link

3. Download latest ArduBlock

  1. Download latest version of ArduBlock from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/ardublock/files/ardublock-beta-20131209-workshop-insectbot.zip/download
  2. extract zip file, follow the Instructions(Link) to install ArduBlock
  3. copy libraries/Workshop to Arduino libraries/

Now, it’s ready to use.

Download

Buy InsectBot Kit

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