How to turn on the robotHow to start BluetoothHow to connect to robotHow to initialize the robotHow to not break the robot
Sec 9-2 - Getting Started
How to start a python programPython commandsHow to get the robot to move forwardHow to get the robot to move backwardHow to stopHow to control the speed
Sec 9-3 - Scribbler movements
Methods - code and callFunctions – code and call Sec 9-4 - Simple Functions (names)
ParametersSec 9-5 - Functions with Parameters and Return Values
Sec 9-6 - Creating and Using ModulesLoop – While and LoopHow to restart if you get lost Sec 9-7 - Simple Python Loops
Sec 9-8 - Variables
What you asked me to teach…
How to take a picture Sec 9-9 - Taking Pictures
ConditionalsHow to avoid obstacles Sec 9-10 - Making Decisions in Python
How to identify the colorHow to tell it to find somethingHow to use the camera as a guideHow to analyze the picture
Sec 9-11 - Image Processing and Perception
What you asked me to teach…
Getting Started
Sec 9-2Web Design
Objectives
The student will:• Know to establish a bluetooth link to the
Scribbler robot.• Know to start IDLE (the Python GUI)• Know how to initialize the robot and issue
basic commands
Bluetooth
• You have been provided with an Azio bluetooth dongle– It is your responsibly to make sure that the
adaptor is put away with the robot at the end of class. I do not have any spare adaptors. If you lose yours you will be at the mercy of the other teams to share theirs.
Connecting to the robot1. Insert the adaptor into the PC2. Turn on your robot3. On the front of the Fluke card note the number
under the bar code.4. In the task bar click on Bluetooth manager:5. Click on: 6. Select “Express mode” and click Next7. Find your Fluke and click Next
Connecting to the robot7. The Adaptor should connect to the robot.– Note the com port assigned to the connection
You are now connected to your robot.
IDLE Python GUIA graphical user interface (GUI) is a human-
computer interface (i.e., a way for humans to interact with computers) that uses windows, icons and menus and which can be manipulated by a mouse (and often to a limited extent by a keyboard as well).
IDLE is a GUI but uses the keyboard for input.
Getting ready for Python
• In your My Documents folder…1. Create a folder called “My Python”2. From the Hancock website on the Web Design
page download the “start python.zip” file.3. Right mouse button on the zip file and Open
with Windows Explorer. Extract the file to your My Python folder (Extract all files at the top of the explorer page).
IDLE• Double click on start python in the My Python
folder.
Python
• From python.org“Python is a remarkably powerful dynamic programming language that is used in a wide
variety of application domains.”• Python is a programming language– It has a specific syntax • Punctuation, indentation, etc.
– It has rules• Upper and lower case letters are different
Python• Alice had a language, but you didn’t need to
type it…
Method/Function
Parameter
Comment
Statement/Command
Python• You type the code• Many of the
constructs are very similar
Method/Function
Parameter
Comment
Statement/Command
Software Libraries• Software libraries are predetermined
functions that are provided to the programmer.
• For scribbler will be my using the myro library. (Myro is short for “my robot”)
• Most programming languages have a way of including a library. In Python you type:
from myro import *– The * means “import everything from the library”
Establishing a software link to the robot• Now that you have the “myro” functions
available, you can establish a software link to your robot.
• Python functions are called by typing:function(parameters)
• The function to link to the robot is:initialize(“comX”)
– comX is the com port that was listed when the Bluetooth connected to the robot. If you don’t remember the com port, go back to the Bluetooth Manager and click on details.
Establishing a software link to the robot
• If correct your robot should play a tune and report back it’s name.
Test your robot
• Now that you have a link to your robot you can test the link.– Put you robot on the floor (if you break your
robot, it will be hard to finish the class)– Type joyStick()• Note that joystick() is not the same as joyStick()• Capital letters matter!
– Drive your robot around. Note that the front of your robot is the part where the Fluke card is!
Rest of today…
• Form your group – 3 people to a group– Pick a robot. This will be you team’s robot for the
remainder of the year.• Test your robot.• Also try issuing the commands:
beep(1, 880)move(1, 1)
• Read Chapter 1 in the book.– You must read!!– Do not change the name of your robot!