CSSE120 – Introduction to Software Development (Robotics sections)

A protocol for robot conversatoin

Implement this basic approach. If you want to implement an additional button that uses a more advanced approach, that is OK as an advanced option.

1. For the TALKING robot, the human enters a number between 0 and 7, inclusive, in an Entry Box.
2. The program translates this number into a setting of the 3 LEDs, with each one being ON or OFF. You can use any encoding you want, but it must be consistent (so that any particular number always yields the same light pattern).
3. The program also prints (on the screen, near the Entry Box) one of the 8 things the Remote Control can do: P, Spot, Clean, Max, Forward, Left, Right, Red Button.
4. The TALKING robot now starts LISTENING (as described below).
5. The TALKING robot human presses and holds the corresponding button on the Remote Control.
6. Meanwhile, Robot 2 was LISTENING and in a loop, waiting for a number OTHER than 255.
7. When the listening robot 2 hears a number OTHER than 255, it makes a noise (one that is clearly audible).
8. The human of the TALKING robot 1 sees that and stops pressing the remote control.
9. The listening robot 2 decodes what it hears and responds.
10. etc.