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Multiple Robots: Controlling Multiple Robots in Synchronize Movement

In normal Roboblockly code, each block must be executed before the next one can. Hence, you can only control one robot's movement at a time. However, sometimes you want the robot to move together and a special type of blocks called Non-blocking (NB) will allow multiple blocks to execute at the same time. 

You can combine the NB blocks with other Roboblockly blocks, such as drawing or animation, to create a wide range of interesting program. 

Linkbot Image Mindstorm Image Cursor Image
0x2418126-6-12y2418126-6-12
Grid:
Tics Lines:
Width px
Hash Lines:
Width px
Labels:
Font px
Trace Lines:
Robot 1:
Width px
Robot 2:
Width px
Robot 3:
Width px
Robot 4:
Width px
Axes: x-axis y-axis Show Grid
Grid: 24x24 inches 36x36 inches 72x72 inches
96x96 inches 192x192 inches
Quad: 4 quadrants 1 quadrant Hardware
Units: US Customary Metric
Background: Background Image

Robot 1
Linkbot
Mindstorm
Initial Position:
( in, in)
Initial Angle:
deg
Current Position: (0 in, 0 in)
Current Angle: 90 deg
Wheel Radius:
Track Width:
in

Robot 2
Linkbot
Mindstorm
Initial Position:
( in, in)
Initial Angle:
deg
Current Position: (6 in, 0 in)
Current Angle: 90 deg
Wheel Radius:
Track Width:
in

Robot 3
Linkbot
Mindstorm
Initial Position:
( in, in)
Initial Angle:
deg
Current Position: (12 in, 0 in)
Current Angle: 90 deg
Wheel Radius:
Track Width:
in

Robot 4
Linkbot
Mindstorm
Initial Position:
( in, in)
Initial Angle:
deg
Current Position: (18 in, 0 in)
Current Angle: 90 deg
Wheel Radius:
Track Width:
in
Multiple Robots: The Chase around a Circle
Problem Statement:

Add two robots to the grid. Robot 1 is at (0, 0), facing 90o and robot 2 is at (14, 0) facing 270o. Insert 3 additional blocks for Robot 2 to make the two robots chase each other around a circular path.

/* Code generated by RoboBlockly v2.0 */
#include <linkbot.h>
CLinkbotI robot1;
double radius1 = 1.75;
CLinkbotI robot2;
double radius2 = 1.75;
double trackwidth1 = 3.69;
double trackwidth2 = 3.69;
int count;

robot1.setSpeed(5, radius1);
robot2.setSpeed(5, radius2);
count = 0;
while(count < 100) {
  robot1.driveDistanceNB(0.6101, radius1);
  robot2.driveDistance(0.6101, radius2);
  robot1.turnRightNB(10, radius1, trackwidth1);
  robot2.turnRight(10, radius2, trackwidth2);
  robot1.driveDistanceNB(0.6101, radius1);
  robot2.driveDistance(0.6101, radius2);
  robot1.moveWait();
  count = count + 1;
}
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Problem Statement:

Add two robots to the grid. Robot 1 is at (0, 0), facing 90o and robot 2 is at (14, 0) facing 270o. Insert 3 additional blocks for Robot 2 to make the two robots chase each other around a circular path.

 

		

			

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