Gyro Boy BY ANUSHKA Why I Picked Gyro
Gyro Boy BY ANUSHKA
Why I Picked Gyro Boy I really liked the puppy I nearly did the robot arm Then I watched a video of Gyro Boy So I switched
THE BUILDING PROCESS
Starting out
The Motors
With the computer thing on
Wiring… Ahhhhhhhh!!!
My Wiring Plan Went through and screenshotted all of the wiring It was colour coded Then I went back and fixed everything And I managed!
The Arms • The arms are connected to the medium motor • The medium motor goes through the middle • The arms move around weirdly
Finished!
THE PROGRAMMING
I copied their program
Variables I don’t get most of it But it uses a variable block a lot A variable is basically a value The red blocks are for data, or information So a variable fits into this
About the arms programming
Gyro Sensor The program has a loop in which it is always trying to balance the robot In the beginning, when the robot is on the stand, there is a reset block I used something similar for the Line Racing thing, except it was for going straight rather than staying balanced Same idea It constantly checks whether the robot is at the same angle at which it was when it was on the stand The angle that it was at is a variable
I named him Jasper From a character In a book The Girl Who Could Fly The boy had healing powers
Jasper is standing (with his stand)
Gyro Boy and his traffic expertise Red makes him stop Yellow makes him turn in circles Green makes him go forward Blue makes him…
I will now demonstrate Turn him on Select the program Put him on his stand Start the program Wait… And…
HE WORKS!
Thank you for listening!
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