Unit 2 – What is a Robot? Pg34 - 42

What is a robot A robot is a machine that can do the work of a human. Robot main parts: Sensors (eyes and ears)s: tell the robot about its surroundings, examples: Light sensors detect light or brightness. Sound sensors allow measurements of sound. Touch sensors are sensors that must be touched by an object to work. Temperature sensors find out the surrounding temperature.

What is a robot 2. Control system: a device that manages or controls the behavior of the robot. It act as the brain of the robot. 3. Actuator/Output: the part of the robot that performs a physical action. Uses of robots: Fun and entertainment, like playing computer games. Building things like cars. Carrying heavy things from one place to another.

Unit 3 – What is Edison? Pg50 - 54

What is Edison? Edison is a robot that can do many things such as: Turn on its lights. Follow a line. Avoid things. Make a sound if it senses a danger. Play music. You can tell Edison how to think and act by using a program called EdWare.

Edison

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Bar code reading Edison is programmed to do something using bar code. - A bar code has information that a machine can read Supermarkets use bar codes to tell the checkout the price of items. Edison has many ready-made programs. Each program has its own bar code which are on the Edison mat.

Bar code reading: 1. Edison has a sound sensor it can hear sounds, like clapping. This bar code is “Clap controlled driving” program. 2. Avoid obstacles. 3. Line tracking. 4. Follow torch.

To read a bar code you must follow these 4 steps: Put Edison on the right side of the bar code. Press the record (round) button three time. It drives forward for a short distance. It scans the bar code. Press the play (Triangle) button once. Edison runs the program. To start the “clap controlled driving” program: 1. clap your hands close to Edison. He turns to his right. 2. clap you hands twice. Edison drives forward about 30cm.

To read a bar code you must follow these 4 steps: For each bar code program, follow the for steps. Your must stop the program before you start a new one.

EdComm cable - To fully control Edison, you need a software called “EdWare”. EdWare is a programming software. It uses picture block to build a program. To download programs, you need the EdComm cable, it connects into the headphone socket on your computer. For more explanation see (student book pages 55-56).

To Download a test program. - See (student book page 57).