Daniel-san: A simple object grabbing robot for Lego NXT

[Smootastic]

Introduction

For an inter-office NXT competition, I was tasked to build a robot that could grab an object from the field and then place it in the scoring area.  I ended with a robot that could go and search for an object and return to homebase (which I could then touch the robot, as per our rules) and then point it towards the scoring area to drop the ball.

I ended up with some pretty simple NXT code, but it will showcase some of the Beta NXT Module.  I present Daniel-san (homage to the Karate Kid)

Additional Notes

The robot works by:

- Waits for user input to determine whether to get the ball or score the ball

- Upon completion of a task, a sound file is played to show that it's "The Best...Around!"

- Uses the built-in encoder to determine distance traveled and to help return the robot to homebase

- A sonar sensor determines the distance of the robot to the object and a light sensor determines if an object has been acquired by the claw.

I would include a picture of the robot, but it was dismantled to be used for Lego Mentoring.  Stay tuned for more NXT Module Code!