fischertechnik ROBOTICS TXT Discovery Set - Soccer Robot with Movement Control

TXT Discovery Set
ROBOTICS
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Soccer Robot with Movement Control
Have you ever heard about the Robo Cup? This is
the Soccer World Cup for robots. It is held in a
different country every year. There are various
leagues for various types of robots.
Detailed information is available on
the Robo Cup homepage http://www.
robocup.org
Two suggestions for construction of a
soccer robot are given in the assembly instructions.
It is just as agile as our other robots, but in addition it has a
light barrier for detecting a ball and triggering a "kicking mechanism."
Now we can equip and control the robots with the camera in a number
of different ways.
First, build the soccer robot with movement control as described in the
assembly instructions.
Then you can program it and "train" it to perform a few ball tricks. And,
as always you should use the interfacetest to see if the model functions
properly before starting the programming.
Use the orange table tennis ball included in the construction set for the
ball.
Note: It may be necessary to adjust the pushbutton, used as a
limit switch for the lever on the actuating mechanism, so that it is
depressed when the lever is forward, however does not block the lever
simultaneously.
With this robot the camera is located on its own stand next to the model,
not installed on the model itself. It should be plugged directly in to the
USM port on the PC.