4. After saying "Hello"...

Well, what do we tell our Robot Ambassador to say after it has said "Hello"?

Unless your Alien was more talkative than mine - the reply was stony silence! Nothing!

 

Perhaps it's universal translator was not working - or maybe it is deaf.  Well, I guess all we can do is say a polite "goodbye" and retreat...

We can teach our Robot to show it is disappointed by changing its expression to a sad face, and then retreating to its starting position. The extra commands are shown in the red rectangle.

The second icon in the red rectangle puts a sad face on our Robot; it has this command panel.

The fourth icon in the red rectangle teaches our Robot to say "Goodbye"; the command panel is:-

The fifth icon in the red rectangle teaches our robot to retreat to its starting position; the command panel is:-.

To see all this happen (click here broadband) or (click here dialup)

This completes "Greeting an Alien".

To try the next Challenge, go to the list of Challenges by clicking on the bottom item of the menu to the left.

Greeting An Alien - Tutorial 4 - NXT-G - LEGO MindStorms NXT - www.DrGraeme.net