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Arduino for Kids

You're reading from   Arduino for Kids A cool guide to help kids develop robots and electronics

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785884818
Length 218 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rishi Gaurav Bhatnagar Rishi Gaurav Bhatnagar
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Priya Kuber Priya Kuber
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Vijay Varada Vijay Varada
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. The World around Us FREE CHAPTER 2. Systems and Logic 3. Components and Connections 4. The Magic Wand 5. Hello World! 6. Safety Box 7. Make a Friend 8. Save Energy 9. High 5! 10. Plant, Meet Arduino!

Let's get to work!

You more or less have the building blocks ready for this project. Let us proceed with the rest of the project.

Problem Statement: Give yourself the robotic High-5 you deserve!

Solution: A High-5-ing robot that senses if your hand is close, and moves to High-5 you.

You have probably guessed it. We are going to use our good ol' ultrasonic proximity sensor to sense your hand.

Let's get to work!

So, the way our robot will work is as follows:

  • The proximity sensor is placed in front of the servo, whose shaft is connected to a cardboard cutout of a hand via a servo horn
  • When you move your hand close to the servo, it will lift the hand to give you a High-5!

Let us put this into a diagram that will define its flow:

Let's get to work!

According to this flowchart, the proximity sensor will continuously check if an object (your hand) is close or not. When nothing is detected, the servomotor's position will keep the attached cardboard hand in the down position.

If it detects that your hand is close...

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