Ops Manager Learn 3: First Steps / Line Follower
This is the fourth challenge within the Robotics with GoPiGo and Python Curriculum.
Your task is to design a robot program that increases the volume of products that Amazing.com can ship out to its customers on a daily basis without increasing the number of robot pickers it employs.
Learn how to program and calibrate the Line Follower while they try to design an efficient system.
10. Experiment
Let’s take a closer look at what the line follower is and how it works.
What is a line follower?
The Line follower has a set of 6 line sensors on its underside, spread out equally across its length. Each of these sensors is capable of detecting whether or not it is immediately above a black line. Based on what these 6 sensors collectively tell us we can work out where the line is relative to the center of the line follower.
If time permits, take a look at the Line Follower Explained extension where this sensor is studied in more details.