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Robotics with the Boe-Bot
Student Guide
VERSION 2.2

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Summary

Chapter 1: Your Boe-Bot’s Brain

Hardware and Software

Covers getting started, installation, setup, and writing first programs for the Boe-Bot.

Chapter 2: Your Boe-Bot’s Servo Motors

Connecting the Servo Motors

Guides on physically connecting servos to the carrier board and testing them.

Chapter 3: Assemble and Test Your Boe-Bot

Assembling the Boe-Bot

Step-by-step guide to assembling the Boe-Bot robot hardware.

Chapter 5: Tactile Navigation with Whiskers

Building and Testing the Whiskers

Guides through building and testing tactile switches (whiskers) for the Boe-Bot.

Chapter 6: Light Sensitive Navigation with Photoresistors

Building and Testing Photoresistor Circuits

Build and test light level sensor circuits using photoresistors.

Flashlight Beam Following Boe-Bot

Test and calibrate light sensors to follow a flashlight beam.

Chapter 7: Navigating with Infrared Headlights

Building and Testing the IR Pairs

Guides building and testing infrared transmitter/detector pairs.

High Performance IR Navigation

Improves navigation by checking for obstacles between servo pulses.

Object Detection and Avoidance

Adapts whisker-based navigation for IR detectors to detect and avoid objects.

Chapter 8: Robot Control with Distance Detection

Testing the Frequency Sweep

Tests IR detector response to various frequencies to determine distance.

Summary

Chapter 1: Your Boe-Bot’s Brain

Hardware and Software

Covers getting started, installation, setup, and writing first programs for the Boe-Bot.

Chapter 2: Your Boe-Bot’s Servo Motors

Connecting the Servo Motors

Guides on physically connecting servos to the carrier board and testing them.

Chapter 3: Assemble and Test Your Boe-Bot

Assembling the Boe-Bot

Step-by-step guide to assembling the Boe-Bot robot hardware.

Chapter 5: Tactile Navigation with Whiskers

Building and Testing the Whiskers

Guides through building and testing tactile switches (whiskers) for the Boe-Bot.

Chapter 6: Light Sensitive Navigation with Photoresistors

Building and Testing Photoresistor Circuits

Build and test light level sensor circuits using photoresistors.

Flashlight Beam Following Boe-Bot

Test and calibrate light sensors to follow a flashlight beam.

Chapter 7: Navigating with Infrared Headlights

Building and Testing the IR Pairs

Guides building and testing infrared transmitter/detector pairs.

High Performance IR Navigation

Improves navigation by checking for obstacles between servo pulses.

Object Detection and Avoidance

Adapts whisker-based navigation for IR detectors to detect and avoid objects.

Chapter 8: Robot Control with Distance Detection

Testing the Frequency Sweep

Tests IR detector response to various frequencies to determine distance.

Parallax Boe-Bot Specifications

General IconGeneral
BrandParallax
ModelBoe-Bot
CategoryRobotics
LanguageEnglish