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Lesson 9 Worksheet 9.4 – Light following

Write the following program to have the Edison robot follow light from a torch/flashlight.

Edison-robot-light-following

Shine a torch/flashlight at Edison and the robot will drive towards the light.

This program performs a calculation between two variables. In the calculate word icon the variable Right_Light is subtracted from the variable Left_Light. The result (answer) is placed back into the variable Right_Light. Let’s see what the results would look like:

 

Right_Light

Left_Light

Calculation

Result

Torch in right

200

100

200 – 100 =

-100

Torch on left

100

200

100 – 200 =

+100

 

From the above you can see that when the torch is to the right the result is below zero (negative number). When the torch is to the left the result is above zero (positive number).

The If icon asks: Is the result less than zero? If true the robot drives left (towards the light), if false the robot drives right (towards the light).

What wold happen if you changed the ‘less than’ symbol (<) to a greater than symbol (>)?

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