![]() This world would operate like a Lazy Susan, and would have a two depots filled with some sort of resource. This would be the “world” where the robot swarm would live on. The base was to be constructed out of a 1200x1200mm wooden plywood board and cut it into a circle with a hole in the middle. An overview of the parts of the physical model Along with two university friends, Lawrence Huang and Gloria Nam, we set out planning the system. The next step upon receiving this wonderboard was obvious. The BBB provides the best of both worlds: a full Linux system (Angstrom Linux, but of course you can flash your own), and a ridiculous number of IO pins to control circuits. It’s a full Linux computer (based off Debian), but does not have proper hardware controls out of the box. Despite its power in hardware control, it only has a small scripting interface for you to do your programming. ![]() The Arduino is a similarly sized (comes in multiple sizes though) controller where you can upload scripts, plug in a hardware circuit (wires and lightbulb, that sort of thing), and have it control the circuit. I find the best way to explain it is in terms of two other products, the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi. It’s a computer the size of a credit card, which isn’t that impressive if you realise that your phone is a computer. But even though that’s another story altogether, it did explain my apprehension when I greeted the UPS guy one morning delivering a BeagleBone Black. But in my opinion, hardware should just work. When it comes to software, I like to break and create. A Beaglebone, a Blender, a Board, and a Swarm A Beaglebone, a Blender, a Board, and a Swarm
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