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Re: How to control the minibot?

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Originally Posted by yarden.saa View Post
Hi,
We finished designing our mini bot but I thought on a problem.
How to get the motors work when we need(when it is on the tower)?
I thought of a touch sensor and NXT block to activate the motor but because we don't have FTC we don't have the motors controller(to get the minibot being controlled we need NXT block, touch sensor, motors, battery and the motors controller). So how can we solve this without this part?
You can use a light switch to control the bot without the need for the Controller. Design a mechanism to turn on the light switch when the minibot is in position to climb.
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