Applications of the rotation sensor in various blocks Pro Preview

So far you have programmed the robot to turn its wheels and it has always known when the correct number of rotations have been executed. Do you know how the robot knows it has turned its wheels enough number of rotations?

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  • 15 Mar 2019

In the previous lesson we mentioned that motors have sensors which measure the number of rotations. If you want to revise how the rotation sensor works, click here. As any other sensors, rotation sensors can be found in the yellow palette.

Just like any other sensor, the rotation sensor can be used as a condition for the orange blocks. In the wait block:

In the switch block:

In the loop block:

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