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How Lego Robotics is Useful?
Ever since we started promoting our FASTBot, we get questions about Lego robotics from general public, parents, schools and even from colleges asking us to compare our bot with the Lego robotics blocks. Here, we give a total picture on … Continue reading
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FASTBot Video – Line Tracking with Obstacle Avoidance
Line Tracking with Obstacle Avoidance is one of the most challenging and demanding tasks for any robot. It is nothing but a combination of Line Tracking and Obstacle Avoidance. The robot tracks a black line on a white surface and … Continue reading
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FASTBot Video – Maze Solving with Obstacle Avoidance and Clap Detection
This task is an extension of Maze Solving with Obstacle Avoidance to include Clap Sensing. Initially, the robot waits for a single clap command. When it hears it, the robot starts tracking the wall on the left. The robot also … Continue reading
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FASTBot Video – Maze Solving with Obstacle Avoidance
This task is an extension of Maze Solving to include Obstacle Avoidance. The robot follows the left side wall and when it sees any object, the robot navigates around it and continues to follow the wall. Watch the robot avoid … Continue reading
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FASTBot Video – Maze Solving with Double Walls
The FASTBot solves a maze which has walls on both sizes. The maze is constructed out of grids of cells having dimensions 27x27cm. The robot navigates the maze using the simple ‘Keep Left’ strategy. Watch the robot successfully find its … Continue reading
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FASTBot Video – Object Following
Object Following is one of the most impressive tasks carried out by the bot. The robot follows any object in front of the robot while abstaining from crashing into it. This task can be thought of as an opposite of … Continue reading
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FASTBot Video – Light Following
Light Following is an interesting task performed by the FASTBot. The robot follows any light source faithfully by using its two Light Sensors. The robot faithfully follows any light source or any bright spot of light on the ground. The … Continue reading
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FASTBot Video – Obstacles Avoiding
Here you can watch how FASTBot is navigating around multi-colour obstacles. You can also note the operations of the bot by observing LED indications coming from the sensors.
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Precautions to keep FASTBot in good conditions.
Precautions to keep FASTBot in good conditions for a long time. Do not apply force to stop running motors by holding the wheels. It may damage the motor and gear arrangement for sure! Do not attempt to stop the moving … Continue reading
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FASTBot motor command – Move Motors.
FASTBot motor command – Move Motors. This move function enables you to take your bot in any desired direction and operate the motors with independent speed. This function effectively substitutes all motor functions you have come across so far except … Continue reading
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FASTBot motor command – Move Backward.
FASTBot motor command – Move Backward. This function is exactly similar to the last function except it takes the robot backwards during its operations. The speed of the motors can be adjusted independently to turn the robot slightly in one … Continue reading
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FASTBot motor command – Move Forward
FASTBot motor command – Move Forward. This is an interesting motor function to give you many useful options when the bot is moving forward. The speed of both the motors can be adjusted independently. Basically, the bot turns to the … Continue reading
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FASTBot motor command – Spin Right.
FASTBot motor command – Spin Right. This spin function is same as that of the previous function except the bot spins in opposite direction. The left motor is turned forward and the right motor is turned backward. The robot spins … Continue reading
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FASTBot motor command – Spin Left.
FASTBot motor command – Spin Left. Now you are going to study another useful function of the FASTBot, which spins the bot at its centre point. The right motor is turned forward and the left motor is turned backward. The … Continue reading
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FASTBot motor command – Turn Right
FASTBot motor command – Turn Right This Turn Right function is similar as that of Turn Left but it turns your bot to the right side. The right motor is stopped and the left motor is turned forward. So, the … Continue reading
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FASTBot motor command – Turn Left.
FASTBot motor command – Turn Left. As you know, turning your bot in the required direction becomes a part of any robotic application. Now, you are going to get familiar with the command to turn the bot to the left. … Continue reading
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FASTBot motor command – Go Back.
FASTBot motor command – Go Back. Go Back function moves both the motors, left and right, in the backward direction with equal speed. So the robot moves backward. The motors can also be stopped after the required running time. Double … Continue reading
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FASTBot motor command – Go Front.
FASTBot motor command – Go Front. Go Front function moves both motors, left and right, in the forward direction with the pre defined equal speed. So the robot moves forward. If required, the motors can be stopped after the running … Continue reading
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Discussion on FASTBot motors and motor controls
Discussion on FASTBot motor and motor controls. Mechanical elements of any robot play a vital role in making that bot successful one. In other words, the characteristics of these mechanical elements clearly enable the bot to produce predictable and consistent … Continue reading
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Introduction to FASTBot operations – Maze solving.
Introduction to FASTBot operations – Maze solving. A maze is an arena with multiple pathways or tracks in which the robot has to reach a pre-defined destination from a starting point. Usually, the maze is built with walls on either … Continue reading
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