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Zumo 32U4 – Using the Buttons the Select a Start Move

This post discusses one way to handle setting up the Zumo to perform one of three initial moves prior to entering the main body of the program.  If you go back a couple of posts, we discussed the simple state … Continue reading

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Simplified Sumo State Machine for Zumo

This post will talk about a simple state machine that could be used for robot sumo.  The target here is the Robofest Senior BottleSumo rules, so the state machine is adapted for long searching on large tables.  If you want … Continue reading

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Zumo 32U4 Sensor Read Times

Last post had the Zumo rotate and face a target.  I’ve been working on driving towards the target in an attempt to push it off of a table like done in Sumo competitions with great success with the rare occasion … Continue reading

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Zumo 32U4 – Using the Proximity Sensors to Point Towards the Closest Object

Assuming you want to use the cute little Zumo for a Robot Sumo competition, you need to make the Zumo turn in the direction of the highest proximity.  This may be a competing robot, or in the case of Robofest … Continue reading

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