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Lego Mindstorms Presentation: Jason Lee

This document provides information on various Lego Mindstorms sensors: 1) It describes sensors for measuring large motors, color, gyroscope data, temperature, touch, ultrasonic distance, and infrared distance/beacons. 2) Each sensor is explained in terms of its functionality and output values/slots for controlling aspects like motor speed, measured values, comparisons. 3) Programming the sensors allows reading real-world data to direct behaviors like determining when a robot has physically contacted an object or calibrating to specific color values.

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Lego Mindstorms Presentation: Jason Lee

This document provides information on various Lego Mindstorms sensors: 1) It describes sensors for measuring large motors, color, gyroscope data, temperature, touch, ultrasonic distance, and infrared distance/beacons. 2) Each sensor is explained in terms of its functionality and output values/slots for controlling aspects like motor speed, measured values, comparisons. 3) Programming the sensors allows reading real-world data to direct behaviors like determining when a robot has physically contacted an object or calibrating to specific color values.

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Lego Mindstorms

Presentation

Jason Lee
Large Motor
• Used when you want a
strong, singular motor
• Doesn't require a
specified direction

• Slot one allows for the mode


to be changed to rotations,
time, or angle
• Slot two determines the motor
1 2 3 speed/power
• Slot three determines
the number of revolutions,
degrees, or seconds
Color Sensor
• Used when you
want to measure,
compare, or
calibrate colors
(Solving a Rubix
cube)

• Can measure, compare(via


proportion),
and calibrate(either minimum
or maximum); color, reflected
light intensity, or ambient
light intensity
Gyro Sensor
• Used to gain gyroscopic
data which could help
orient a robot

• Can measure
angle, rate, or
angle and
rate.
Can compare
either angle or
rate
Temperature Sensor
• Can be used to
accomplish a task
based on the
outside
temperature

• Measurements
are one output in
either Fahrenheit
or Celsius (Also
can be
compared)
Touch Sensor
• Used to detect a physical
object (When the robot
needs to know it
physically hit something)

• Can measure or
compare the
current state of the
switch (Off or on)
Ultrasonic Sensor
• Used primarily to
determine distance (like at
what specified distance
should a robot turn)

• Can measure or compare distance


in either inches or centimeters
Measurements can either be
continuous or ping at given times.
Also has the capability to read other
ultrasonic waves.
Infrared Sensor
• Can be used to
measure or compare
distance, beacon
distance, or an infrared
remote sensor

• Beacon Distance Sensor


Slot one lets the user
decide channel 1-4. Slot 2
gives a value from –25 to
25 to determine the • The infrared remote
direction the beacon is in. sensor outputs
• Distance Sensor Slot 3 gives the proximity different values
Gives output percentage of the beacon from the depending on the
based on infrared readings sensor. Slot 4 gives a true input values given by
false reading of if the
a remote
beacon is present.

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