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creating and modifying programs
Now that you’ve built your robot, the next thing the robot needs in order to function is a program. Programs tell your robot what to do. For example, a program can make the Explorer drive forward and then steer. This chapter will teach you how to create and edit programs.
a quick first program
You’ll first take a quick look at the NXT-G programming software by creating and downloading a small program to the robot. To create the program, follow these steps:
1. Connect the robot to the computer using the USB cable that came with the kit (Figure 3-1), and then turn on the NXT brick by pressing the orange Enter button. (You have to connect the robot to the computer each time you want to download a program to the ...
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