Servo - March 2011

The NXT

Big Thing

#8

Stay on Course!

By Greg Intermaggio

In the last edition of The NXT Big Thing, we made a major improvement to the standard Sumo robotics program by way of adding an ultrasonic sensor to Eddie 2.0 to detect the opponent robot. This time, we’re changing gears, or rather, sensors. We’ll be learning about the compass sensor available from HiTechnic.com.

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