Pro-Bot Emulation in Terrapin Logo
Pro-Bot is a turtle robot with Logo on-board. Use the built-in keypad to program Pro-Bot to move forward and back and turn left and right. Insert a pen to have Pro-Bot draw as it goes. Built-in sub-procedure capability gives Pro-Bot the power to emulate Logo turtle graphics.
Now Logo can emulate the Pro-Bot! R.J., an enthusiastic and talented Logo student in New Mexico, has developed a Logo program that emulates Pro-Bot within Terrapin Logo. Use the mouse to enter commands on the simulated Pro-Bot keypad, then press GO to see the Pro-Bot image move around the screen as it follows your commands.
The Pro-Bot emulation program offers the Pro-Bot menu and 10 subprocedures that may be incorporated into the Main program as on the Pro-Bot itself. The screen version of the Pro-Bot carries a pen, so can draw when the pen is down. An optional grid can be turned on and off and adjusts to Pro-Bot's scale which can be set to small or large just like the Pro-Bot.
and room for Pro-Bot to move on the left.
- To try Pro-Bot emulation
- download the program
- unzip the file
- copy the files to your Terrapin Logo directory
- start Terrapin Logo
- Load Pro-Bot_emulation.LGO into workspace
The program starts automatically. Use the mouse to press the keys in the Pro-Bot keypad on the screen to develop a program, then press GO and watch the screen Pro-Bot do what you told it to.
Like all Logo programs, Pro-Bot emulation is open source in that you can look at the program to learn how it works and change it the way you want.
