To Track a Thief
April 13, 2006
RCX robots with light sensors are programmed to datalog the light readings.
They are placed around the room.
When the thief walked around with a flashlight the robots keep track of the path.
The program to Upload the data is on
C:\
RoboLab2.5.4
VI.LIB
Explorer
GPrograms.llb
Upload Data.vi
Click the wrench in the upper left hand corner
of the Change Inventor Level drop down window from Projects to get to Compute Tools 5 for datalogging.
We flashed lights at 6 bots at different times.
The programs can be made easily.
Using the program they saved from SENSORSCITY
they write a new program for their bot by dragging the icons they need
to their program.
See the graphs of the data from each bot.
From that it is easy to figure out the order the bots were walked past.
The plan and the outcome are the same!
Using Investigator each graph can be colored a different color.
Then the path through the room can be figured out easily.
The Information and graphs can be made into a presentation.
We visited some links that will be used to show activities at schools
that used datalogging.
Miller 5th Grade TAG Data Logging http://netapps.marshall.edu/lego/Miller0506/06Ap06MillerData/06Ap06m.html
SENSORSCITY Datalogging to Hands on Datalogging Davis
Creek Datalogging April 10, 2006
Spring Hill First Grade Visits LEGO City on the Web for Graphing
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http://netapps.marshall.edu/lego/SpringHill0506/DataLogging1st/07Ap06LEGOCityBy1stGrade.html
Accelerometer http://netapps.marshall.edu/lego/Miller0506/21Mar06M/21Mar06.html
Secret Lines http://netapps.marshall.edu/lego/VOB0506/26Oct05Lines/26Oct05Lines.html
Distance http://netapps.marshall.edu/lego/VOB0506/02Nov05/02Nov05.html
RoboLab Investigator Light Sensor to Sound
http://netapps.marshall.edu/lego/StJoe/15Feb06LightSound/15Feb06.html
Data Logging and Teleoperating http://netapps.marshall.edu/lego/StJoe/05Ap06Data/05Ap06data.html
The following is a link to the datalogging abstract:
http://netapps.marshall.edu/lego/Robolab/RoboLabProgrammerDataloggingAbstract.html