Thames & Kosmos SUPERSPHERE, Руководство по эксперименту

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PROGRAMMING
SAMPLE PROGRAM FOR THE DANCING BOT
1. Place the Dancing Bot in an open area.
2. Load the app on your tablet or smartphone and establish a
Bluetooth connection between the app and the robot. Refer back to
page 7 for instructions.
3. In programming mode, load
Program 5. The command sequences
shown below are preset in Program 5. Tap the run button and clap
your hands one to four times near the sound sensor.
4. Observe how the robot behaves for each sequence! Write your own
program in the four-clap sequence.
PROGRAM 5
1 Clap: Go forward, shake head, go
backward, shake head
2 Claps: Move and shake head at the
same time (dance)
3 Claps: Play a song and dance
4 Claps: Create your own program!
Dancing Robots
Have you ever seen a robot dance? Or, have
you ever seen someone do the dance move
called “the robot?” Robot engineers have been
inspired by dancers — and dancers have been
inspired by robots — for a long time!
Robots’ movements are controlled by
programs and sensor input. In many ways, a
choreographed dance performance is a lot like
a program that controls a robot’s movement.
Choreography is the artistic practice of
creating sequences of movements for bodies
that define the motion and/or the orientation of
the bodies over a duration of time. In the same
way, a robot’s program is a sequence of
defined movements that the robot performs
over time. The big difference is that humans
are much more capable of subtle, refined
movements, improvisation, and expressing
emotion through dance. But robots are
getting more human-like every year. Do
you think robots will dance as well as
humans someday?
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