examples.dlife.robot.finch
Class FinchBalance

java.lang.Object
  dlife.robot.Controller
      examples.dlife.robot.finch.FinchBalance

public class FinchBalance
extends Controller

A controller for the Finch that causes it to try to always face up hill. This example adapted from: Balancing the Finch

To run this example:

1. Complete the Basic dLife Installation.
2. Complete the Finch Setup.
   
   
3. Launch the dlife.robot.gui.controlcenter
4. Select dlife.robot.finch.Finch in the "Robot:" drop down list.
5. Click the button next to the "Controller:" label.
6. Navigate to the dLifeDist/examples/dlife/robot/finch/ directory.
7. Choose the FinchBalance.class file.
8. Click the "Start Up" button.
9. Place the Finch on a flat surface that can be tilted.
10. Click the "Run" button.
11. As you tilt the surface the Finch should rotate to face up hill.

The source code for this class is contained in the file:

examples/dlife/robot/finch/FinchBalance.java

Version:

March 14, 2011

Author:

Grant Braught, Dickinson College

Constructor Summary

FinchBalance()

Method Summary

void	startUp(Robot robot) This method is invoked automatically when the Start Up button in the ContolCenter is clicked.
void	step() This method is invoked either once when the Step button is clicked or periodically when the Run button is clicked.

Methods inherited from class dlife.robot.Controller

shutDown

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FinchBalance

public FinchBalance()

Method Detail

startUp

public void startUp(Robot robot)

Description copied from class: dlife.robot.Controller

This method is invoked automatically when the Start Up button in the ContolCenter is clicked. This is typically where Sensors and Effectors are created and added to the Robot.

Specified by:

startUp in class Controller

Parameters:

robot - the Robot that this Controller will be controlling.

step

public void step()

Description copied from class: dlife.robot.Controller

This method is invoked either once when the Step button is clicked or periodically when the Run button is clicked. The rate at which step is invoked varies from Robot to Robot and is dependent on the computer being used as well as the amount of processing done in step, the number and type of sensors attached to the Robot and the robot's communication latency.

Specified by:

step in class Controller