The Scribbler

The Scribbler is a small, low-cost fully programmable intelligent robot with multiple sensor systems. It is capable of interacting with its environment. It is capable of auto navigation.

At the start of the lesson, the student should be shown how to install and start a scribbler robot program from the computer and how to down load programs in the robot. If the child is technically proficient, the relationship between basic stamp and the Scribbler flow charts and control buttons.

For inputting sensory information, the Scribbler has three photo resistor light sensors, infrared emitter, and infrared detector.

Additional add-ons can be bought to give the robot more capabilities through the serial port. For example, a Bluetooth emitter/receiver or a wireless card can be bought to interface with the robot

The Scribbler can be programmed through any BASIC Stamp Editor program, or through a GUI-style interface, provided on Parallax's website. This uses different "command tiles" to control the motors and sensors. Using a Myro library, you can also program the Scribbler in Python.Python