| 1 | # challenge-bot |
| 2 | |
| 3 | ## prerequisites |
| 4 | |
| 5 | install the following software: |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [openSCAD](http://www.openscad.org/downloads) |
| 8 | |
| 9 | [fritzing](http://fritzing.org/download/) |
| 10 | |
| 11 | [arduino ide](http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software) |
| 12 | |
| 13 | ## quickstart |
| 14 | |
| 15 | [openSCAD tutorial](http://goo.gl/E3OQXc) |
| 16 | |
| 17 | [assemble the hardware](http://goo.gl/EV0FCJ) |
| 18 | |
| 19 | [wire and load code to the robot](http://goo.gl/srWpeI) |
| 20 | |
| 21 | ## Introduction |
| 22 | |
| 23 | Most introductory robots are "dead-end" robots that |
| 24 | tend to strand people after they have the first |
| 25 | few robot behaviors are implemented -- obstacle avoid, |
| 26 | wall follow, line follow, don't fall off table, etc. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | One of the primary goals of the challenge-bot is to try |
| 29 | to make it expandable from simple to more complex in |
| 30 | reasonable incremental steps. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | The base is organized around 1-inch x 1-inch grid peg-board |
| 33 | which is readily available from locations such as Home |
| 34 | Depot, Lowes, and lumber stores. |