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Chapter 5 Checking Out the Robot 97

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This program appears as a Palm Robot icon on your PDA. Tap the icon to run
the program and a number of buttons will appear on the screen. To test the tar-
get following capabilities of your robot, for example, tap the Target Follow
button. Tap that button and see if you can get the PPRK to follow you around
the room.

Tapping the other buttons will cause the robot to execute a number of other
behaviors:
❏ Tap Move & Spin to see a demonstration of the robot’s ability
to move in a line and spin simultaneously.
❏ Choose Wall Follow and, not surprisingly, the robot will attempt
to follow a nearby wall (located using the infrared sensors).
❏ Tap the Wandering button to put the robot into a mode in which
it wanders around the room, avoiding any obstacles it finds.

Other Software from Carnegie Mellon
The designers of the PPRK used the C++ language to write programs for the
PPRK, but C++ is not the only coding option. The Palm device controls the

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