midamba predicament

ROBOT

PROGRAMMING

A GUIDE TO CONTROLLING AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS

In this book, we tell a short story of how free-spirited, fun-loving Midamba found himself in a precarious predicament. His only chance out of the predicament required that he learn how to program robots. Although Midamba had some basic experience programming a computer, he had very little knowledge of robots and no experience programming them. So throughout the book, we use Midamba’s predicament and his robot programming triumph as an example. We walk you through the same basic lessons that Midamba learned and the steps he had to take to successfully program his first autonomous robot.

WHO IS

MIDAMBA?

Midamba’s Predicament

Midamba’s electric-powered Sea-Doo had run low on battery power. Midamba had a spare battery, but the spare had acid corrosion on the terminals. He had just enough power to get to a nearby island where he might possibly find help.

Unfortunately for Midamba, the only thing on the island was an experimental chemical facility totally controlled by autonomous robots. Midamba figured if there was a chemical in the facility that could neutralize the battery acid, he could clean his spare battery and be on his way. He had to figure out how to program a robot to retrieve the chemical he needed.