Main program can be found in Behaviour Generator. There are python code and a template code that can generate a kilobot code from a script
This program requires python3 environment. You can download python environment here:
The format of the script is that:
amount of time in ticks, tab, LED colour, tab, Kilobot Motion, tab, whether to send message
Example:
150 RED STRAIGHT MSG
100 BLACK STOP NO_MSG
This will result the behaviour that the kilobot moving straight with red light on while sending messages, after 150 ticks (around 5 second), it executes next action, which is turning off the light and stop and not sending messages. It will keep doing the last action forever as there is nothing telling it to change. However, if the last action inclues sending messages, it will terminate sending message after the amount of time specified.
start with:
REPEAT,tab,number of times repeating or some special condictions
end by:
REPEAT,space,END
Example:
REPEAT 5
20 GREEN LEFT NO_MSG
20 BLUE RIGHT NO_MSG
REPEAT END
this will repeats the actions inside the loop for 5 times
REPEAT MSG
20 GREEN LEFT NO_MSG
20 BLUE RIGHT NO_MSG
REPEAT END
this will repeats the actions util the kilobot receives a message. you can also put NO_MSG after REPEAT, it means that the kilobot will repeat until it does not receive message.
REPEAT 0
20 GREEN LEFT NO_MSG
20 BLUE RIGHT NO_MSG
REPEAT END
this will repeats the actions forever
please make sure that the loop is closed with REPEAT END, otherwise there will be syntax error when you try to compile the resulted code.
You can save the script as a txt file.
python3 -t template.c -r [the name of the script file you wrote] -w [the file name of the output code]
this will generate the c file. After that you can follow the instruction of manipulating kilobots to test the output code.
You can find the instruction of kilobots here:
Junjin Chen
Andreagiovanni Reina