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df9c03dc | 1 | # challenge-bot |
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ef4da8bd | 3 | ## prerequisites |
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5 | install the following software: | |
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7 | [openSCAD](http://www.openscad.org/downloads) | |
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9 | [fritzing](http://fritzing.org/download/) | |
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11 | [arduino ide](http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software) | |
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beb8c6bf | 13 | ## quickstart |
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c1677e91 | 15 | [openSCAD tutorial](http://goo.gl/E3OQXc) |
beb8c6bf | 16 | |
73fa19e8 | 17 | [build the challenge-bot](http://goo.gl/XgB0xq) |
b3053d46 | 18 | |
df9c03dc | 19 | ## Introduction |
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20 | |
21 | Most introductory robots are "dead-end" robots that | |
22 | tend to strand people after they have the first | |
4f79eb5c | 23 | few robot behaviors implemented -- obstacle avoid, |
24 | wall follow, stay on table, etc. | |
b3053d46 | 25 | |
df9c03dc | 26 | One of the primary goals of the challenge-bot is to try |
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27 | to make it expandable from simple to more complex in |
28 | reasonable incremental steps. | |
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df9c03dc | 30 | The base is organized around 1-inch x 1-inch grid peg-board |
31 | which is readily available from locations such as Home | |
b3053d46 | 32 | Depot, Lowes, and lumber stores. |