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JunkbotsJunkbotsScott Turner
Division of ComputingSchool of Science and Technology
The University of Northampton
Engineering
Waste Management
Computing
12-14 year olds at their school
Program a rubbish clearing robot
public class week2_4{ public static void main(String[] args) { robot2 harry=new robot2(); for(;;) { //part of the routine inside the loop can go here if (harry.checkBumpers()==true) { //what to do on wall detection wall goes here } //further code could go here } //code outside of the loop could go here}
Group work and student ambassadors
Where next?
•Primary schools.•Small sessions.
Funding:emda and Northampton Enterprise Limited
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=163165&title=Junkbots