Centrobot Joint Lectures

Joint Lecture No. 1

Date: 11. 2. 2010
Topic: Linefollowing robot
Place: HTL Spengergasse, Wien, AT

Important Links for your Centrobot LEGO NXT JAVA Linefollower course

Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV)

• Basic overview on Wikipedia (the same in Slovak)

LEJOS

• LeJOS Homepage (http://lejos.sourceforge.net)
• LeJOS API Documentation (http://lejos.sourceforge.net/p_technologies/nxt/nxj/api/index.html)
• LeJOS Tutorial (http://lejos.sourceforge.net/nxt/nxj/tutorial/index.htm)
• Media:Lejos-sample-programs.zip (Sample Programs)

LEGO

Building: First Steps (5min Robot)

Use the LEGO default Vehicle, construct your own, or use the following simple steps to build one:

1. 5 minutes Robot (http://www.nxtprograms.com/NXT2/five_minute_bot/index.html)
2. add a light sensor (http://www.nxtprograms.com/NXT2/line_follower/steps.html)

First Steps: LEGO default Robot

http://cache.lego.com/bigdownloads/buildinginstructions/4500569.pdf

Other Ressources

NXT Constructopedia (http://legoengineering.com/library/doc_download/150-nxt-constructopedia-beta-21.html)

Other useful links for the lecture

Mechanical construction

• Basic NXT vehicle from the NXT EDU 9797 kit
• One more 9797 wehicle
• Tribot - Basic NXT vehicle from the NXT 1.0 8527 kit
• Tribot 2 (from http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=8527-1)
• Shooterbot - Basic NXT vehicle from the NXT 2.0 8547 kit
• http://www.nxtprograms.com
  • Linefollower part I.
  • Linefollower part II.
  • Linefollower NXT-G software
• NXT Constructopedia

Programming

• Multimedia NXT-G Tutorial
• NXT-G tutorial presentation slides
• Special NXT-G Line Following block
• Linefollower NXT-G software
• LeJOS homepage
  • Tutorial
  • API

Videos

• http://www.egeminusa.com/pages/AGV_movies_videos.html
• http://www.ocme.it/website/product_flv.aspx?id=470
• http://www.ztsvvuke.sk/ztsvvu/image.php?iid=111