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| df9c03dc | 1 | # challenge-bot |
| b3053d46 | 2 | |
| ef4da8bd | 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) | |
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| beb8c6bf | 13 | ## quickstart |
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| c1677e91 | 15 | [openSCAD tutorial](http://goo.gl/E3OQXc) |
| beb8c6bf | 16 | |
| c1677e91 | 17 | [assemble the hardware](http://goo.gl/EV0FCJ) |
| beb8c6bf | 18 | |
| 7aef8881 | 19 | [wire and load code to the robot](http://goo.gl/srWpeI) |
| b3053d46 | 20 | |
| df9c03dc | 21 | ## Introduction |
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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 | ||
| df9c03dc | 28 | One of the primary goals of the challenge-bot is to try |
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29 | to make it expandable from simple to more complex in |
| 30 | reasonable incremental steps. | |
| 31 | ||
| df9c03dc | 32 | The base is organized around 1-inch x 1-inch grid peg-board |
| 33 | which is readily available from locations such as Home | |
| b3053d46 | 34 | Depot, Lowes, and lumber stores. |