Don’t Push Me

Let us give Pico-4wd a little self-protection awareness and let it learn to use its own grayscale module to avoid rushing down the cliff.

In this example, the car will be dormant. If you push it to a cliff, it will be awakened urgently, then back up, and shake its head to express dissatisfaction. Please open donot_push_me.py to use this example.

How it Work?

Code

import pico_4wd as car
import time

car.GRAYSCALE_EDGE_REFERENCE = 500
MOTOR_POWER = 50

def shake_head():
    for angle in range(0, 90, 10):
        print("angle:%s "%angle)
        car.servo.set_angle(angle)
        time.sleep(0.01)
    for angle in range(90, -90, -10):
        print("angle:%s "%angle)
        car.servo.set_angle(angle)
        time.sleep(0.01)
    for angle in range(-90, 0, 10):
        print("angle:%s "%angle)
        car.servo.set_angle(angle)
        time.sleep(0.01)

def main():
    while True:
        if car.is_greyscale_on_edge():
            car.move("backward", MOTOR_POWER)
            car.set_light_all_color([100, 0, 0])
            shake_head()
            shake_head()
        else:
            car.move("stop", MOTOR_POWER)
            car.set_light_off()

try:
    main()
finally:
    car.move("stop")
    car.set_light_off()