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7b - Programming

Lesson 7 - EdPy

Watch Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, explain if/else statements and decision making in programming.
7.1 Infrared obstacle detection
In this activity, you will learn more about infrared (IR) light and how Edison can use IR to detect obstacles.
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7.2 Detect an obstacle and stop
In this activity, you will need to write a program to make your Edison robot drive until it encounters an obstacle and then stop.
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7.3 Obstacle avoidance
In this activity, you will write a program to make your Edison robot drive until it encounters an obstacle, turn and drive away.
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7.4 Detect an obstacle a an event
In this activity, you will write an event driven program to make your Edison robot continuously drive forward while avoiding obstacles.
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7.5 Right and left obstacle detection
In this activity, you will write a program for Edison to react to obstacles on the left or right of the robot. To do this, we will use 'if statements'.
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