Give Your Bot a Voice – BrickJournal Issue 38
This article first appeared in BrickJournal Issue 38, 2016
Getting your robot to Speak (not just the ‘official’ phrases)The sounds that are built into the EV3 system are numerous and awesome. Someone obviously spent a lot of time choosing, recording, cleaning them up and I’m really thankful, truly I am! However, in the 127 preloaded sounds that comes with the EV3-G software, nowhere could I find the phrase “Number 5, is ALIVE!!”.
My Blocks: The Basics – BrickJournal Issue 36
This article first appeared in BrickJournal Issue 36, 2015
My Blocks - The basics. My Blocks are a way to represent lots of instructions with just a single block.
Adding Personality to Your Robot – BrickJournal Issue 35
This article first appeared in BrickJournal Issue 35, 2015
Adding Personality. While it great achievement to get your robot up and moving, and an even better achievement to have it reacting to its surroundings, sometimes it’s just plain fun to give your bot a little personality. I’m going to outline 2 different ways you can achieve this.
The Perils of Dead Reckoning – Brickjournal Issue 33
This article first appeared in BrickJournal Issue 33, 2015
The perils of Dead Reckoning! It is common for many teams when competing in Robotics competitions to rely heavily on dead reckoning. But sometimes, this is not the best option.