ceebot4e.pdf

1 Introduction

1.1 Minimal requirements

CeeBot requires a reasonably recent computer. It is particularly important to have a

good 3D graphic adapter for maximum performance.

• 300 MHz CPU, 64 Mb RAM

• 3D graphic card with 16 Mb RAM

• 200 Mb free disk space

• Windows XP, 2000, ME, 98 or 95

• DirectX 8 (If necessary, the full version of CeeBot will install DirectX 8)

However CeeBot4 will probably work reasonably well even on low-end onboard graphic

chips. Some graphic chips in notebooks will not provide satisfactory performance.

1.2 To install CeeBot

• Insert the CeeBot CD-ROM in the drive

It should start automatically after ten seconds or so.

Click Install

If the autorun doesn't start, follow these steps :

• Double-click My computer

• Open the D : drive (where D: is the letter of your CD-ROM drive)

• Double-click Install

The installation process will check if you have DirectX 8a. If this is not the case, you'll

be prompted to install it.

If you have a previous version of CeeBot, a new installation in the same folder will

overwrite all data, saved games or programs.

1.3 Execute CeeBot4 or show the readme file

After you installed CeeBot4 on your computer, click "Start". The "Programs" menu

contains a new folder "CeeBot4". You will find there a shortcut to CeeBot4 and to this

readme file, which contains valuable information about how to use CeeBot4.

1.4 To uninstall CeeBot

• Double-click My computer.

• Double-click Control panel .

• Double-click Add or Remove programs .

• Double-click CeeBot4 in the list.

2 First approach

The detailed explanations will be found in the following chapters. This is your very first

contact, to help you get familiar with CeeBot.

The first thing CeeBot needs is the player's

name. Each player must use a separate

name, because CeeBot saves your

programs and keeps track of your

progress. If you have got a school or

demo version, choose the user name

Teacher , so that you can access the

settings and the solutions for every

exercise. In a private version, solutions

and settings are always available, in a

student version, only settings are

available. Then click OK .

CeeBot now lists the various exercises.

The left column shows the different

chapters, and the right column is the list of

the exercises in the selected chapter.

The exercises get progressively more

difficult. We suggest you try them in this

order, even though this isn’t compulsory.

Choose 1: Instructions 1 and

1: Titanium 1 , then click Play .

The green text at the top of the screen

asks you to press F1 to get the instructions

for the current exercise.

You can also click this button, at the

bottom of the screen:

The information displayed is the same as

in these pages. To close this window,

press the button in the bottom left corner.

If necessary, you can come back to this

screen at any time by pressing F1 .

Click the robot in order to select it.

In the lower left corner of the screen

select the first program in the list. Each

robot can have up to 10 programs. This

can be handy when you're testing

different solutions. All these programs are

saved automatically in each player's

profile.

Program number 10 (use the scroll bar)

contains one possible Solution for the

exercise (depending on your version and

the user name you chose). You can

immediately execute it with the following

button:

To enter the program editor, click {..} . If

you selected program 10, you will see the

solution.

If you selected an empty program, the

editor comes up with an empty shell ready

for you to write your new program.

The text cursor is between the braces.

Do not alter the first line or the braces.

Program the robot so that it drops the

titanium cube on the plate-form. In order

to achieve this, it must grab the cube,

move 5 meters forward, and drop the

cube. Enter the following instructions:

grab();

move(5);

drop();

Click OK . If you've made a mistake, it will

be highlighted in blue, and a message will

be displayed at the bottom of the screen.

If everything is correct, when you click OK

the editor is closed.

Click this button to execute the program.

The robot should now grab what is in front

of it, move 5 m forward, and drop the

titanium cube. The exercise will finish

automatically, and return to the main

menu.

That's it, you just did the first exercise.

You can now take a look at the following

exercises. The students will progressively

learn various control structures which are

to be applied in more and more complex

environments. The most fascinating

aspect of CeeBot4 are doubtlessly the

robot soccer exercises (full version only),

where the students use vector

mathematics and classes in order to

stage well-coordinated soccer matches.

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