Fusion Robot for Absolute Beginners…

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These tutorials are aimed at helping you use Google’s coding language Blockly to have fun with your Modern Robotics’ Fusion robot. This course will probably always be under construction, with new tutorials being added when we have time. In the meanwhile, we have a 30 page pdf overview of our progress so far available for download here. Enjoy! 🙂

Course Information

Estimated Time: A few hours.

Difficulty: Intermediate

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Course Instructor

DrGraeme DrGraeme Author

Fusion Robot – Introduction FB1

Introduction and Overview FB1a

Building your Fusion Robot FB2

Unpacking Fusion’s Mailing Box FB2a 
Building your Fusion Robot FB2b

Connect to a PC using Fusion’s Wi-Fi FB3

How to connect a PC & Fusion using Wi-Fi FB3a
Setting up Admin and User Accounts in your Fusion Robot FB3b

Getting Fusion to Move FB4

Using Fusion’s Sample Run FB4a

You make Fusion Obey your Commands FB5

Fusion Approaches an Alien FB5a

Fusion Going Around the Moon FB6

Fusion Uses the Basic Blockly Commands FB6a
Fusion Uses Intermediate Level Blockly Commands FB6b
Fusion Goes Around the Moon – The Sufi Way! FB6c
Fusion Loops Around the Moon FB6d

Robot SUMO using Fusion FB7

How to use Fusion’s Optical Distance Sensor. FB7a
Keeping Fusion inside the SUMO Rink FB7b
Extra: Fusion SUMO using the Color Sensor FB7c

Fusion Follows the Edge of a Line FB8

Fusion follows a line edge FB8a

Fusion and the Swimming Pool Challenge FB9

What is Fusion’s Swimming Pool Challenge? FB9a
Fusion’s “Clear Pool” Function FB9b
Fusion’s Edge-Follow Function FB9c
Fusion attempts to Clear the Swimming Pool FB9d

Fusion Avoids an Obstacle on the Line FB10

Can Fusion Go Around an Obstacle? FB10a

Fusion Follows a Wall FB11

Fusion Follows a Wall re-using a Function FB11a

Fusion and the Hippodrome Challenge FB12

Fusion, the Hippodrome and the Touch Sensor problem FB12a
Extra: Fusion , the Hippodrome, and 2 Optical Distance Sensors FB12b
Extra: Fusion , the Hippodrome, and the Range Sensor FB12c

Fusion, the Range Sensor, and the Swimming Pool FB13

Extra: Using Fusion’s Range Sensor to clear Toys from the Swimming Pool FB13a

Fusion Follows a Line FB14

Extra: Fusion Follows a Line using two Optical Distance Sensors – Method 1 FB14a
Extra: Fusion Follows a Line using two Optical Distance Sensors – Method 2 FB14b

Fusion runs Autonomously? FB15

Starting and Stopping Fusion during a run FB15a

Technical Extras FBTe

Fusion Robot – Introduction FBTe1
Updating Fusion’s Operating System FBTe2
Fusion Controller References FBTe3
Fusion Sensor References FBTe4
Fitting a Fusion Controller to a Spartan Robot FBTe5

What Next? FB17

More Blockly or Python? FB17a

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