1. Automation and Programming
Some get started tips…
Everyone please log into RobotC !

2. 1. Make sure you are set on natural Language

3. 2. Check the Communication Mode

4. 3. Check Your Preferences : Click on “Detailed Preferences”

5. Only check “Open Last Project” and the 2 tool bar options

6. 4. Open a file or open a new file
The Last few programs you worked on will be down here…

7. 5a. Look at the motors and Sensors

8. 5b. Choose the GTT Testbed

9. 5c. Look at the sensor ports

10. 4 Sensors: Sensors Touch / Bumper Switch Limit Switch Line Tracker
Presentation Name
Course Name
Unit # – Lesson #.# – Lesson Name
Sensors
4 Sensors:
Touch /
Bumper Switch
Limit Switch
Line Tracker
Potentiometer
Sensors are used so the robot can sense its environment, and the robot can adjust its own behaviors based on that knowledge. A sensor will generally tell the robot about one very simple thing in the environment, and the robot’s program will interpret that information to determine how it should react. The Bumper Switch sensor, for instance, will tell the robot whether it is in contact with a physical object or not. Depending on how the sensor is set up, this can tell the robot a lot of different things. If the sensor is mounted on the front bumper, the robot could use this information to tell whether it has run into an obstacle, like a wall inside a maze.
By making good use of sensors to detect the important aspects of its environment, a robot can make things much easier for its human operator. A robot can even operate completely independent of human control, autonomously.

11. LineFollower or Potentiometer

12. LineFollower or Potentiometer