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Escape the Maze with a VR robot - Vex VR




You don't need to buy a robot to get programming a robot, now there are a range of free and relatively simple to start with robot simulators to play with. Three examples are listed below:

It is the last one of these (https://www.vexrobotics.com/vexcode-vr) that is the focus of this post and return to hit, after an earlier discussion in https://robotsandphysicalcomputing.blogspot.com/2020/04/programming-robots-virtually-1-vexcode.html . 

Two of the nice things about the package, apart from being free, are it uses a Scratch-like programming language and it provides a 3D environment and models - playgrounds for a number of scenarios. 

So in this post, I will be discussing playing, or rather starting to play with the robot navigating a 3D maze (see the figure above). A feature I particularly like is you can change the views from an overhead view to an onboard version or one that seems to follow the robot.





So as I starting point I programmed it to essentially bounce along the walls keeping the wall on it's right and stopping when the downward 'eye' detects red on the floor for the end of the maze. The sensors include left and right bumper sensors; along with two sensors for detecting colours one facing forward and one down. The code I use is shown below:




It took 8 minutes to solve the maze - which is slow. I would be interested to see the solutions of others being shared. As a simulated robot programming system this is great fun and challenging, I would recommend having a play iot is free and available at https://www.vexrobotics.com/vexcode-vr. I want to have a go with the Python version to replicate or better the solution above (start it as a text project rather than a blocks project when starting a new project).






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  1. simwaveca24 February 2021 at 23:49

    Virtual reality is a computer technology that use computer software to produce the image, sounds and other sensations to create a different place. You will feel that you are a part of this place.
    Multisensory Virtual Reality

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  2. Anonymous23 January 2024 at 18:50

    how do i make it faster my teacher is not going to sit here for 30 minuts to see it work

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