Wall following

In this competition, the robot has to go down the maze corridors following the left hand wall.
- If there's a wall on the left , it goes straight ahead,
- if there's a gap in the left hand wall it turns left,
- if there's a wall ahead, and to the left, and it can turn right, it does so,
- if it can't,  it turns 180 degrees and comes back again.

The mazes are constructed so that following the above rules will take you to the middle.

 WorkSheets
There are  4 worksheets for wall-following for UKMARS
Following the corridor and stopping:
      31U Wall following for UKMARS     
Stopping and spinning right
     32U Wall following spin right (not available yet)
Stopping and turning left
    33U Wall following turn left  (not available yet)
Full tests
    34U Wall follower tests  (not available yet)

Wall Following Quiz

Which way should you turn?

Purpose

The wallfollowing competitions require your robot to follow the left-hand wall.
It should turn left if it can.
This quiz should help you design a program to do just that.
You should click on the options you think it should take in each circustance


Question1: Not many walls


Turm left   Straight ahead  
Turn Right

Give up and Turn Round

Question2: At least one wall


Turm left   Straight ahead  
Turn Right

Give up and Turn Round

Question3: A different wall


Turm left   Straight ahead  
Turn Right

Give up and Turn Round

Question4: Two walls


Turm left   Straight ahead  
Turn Right

Give up and Turn Round

Question5: THREE walls!!


Turm left   Straight ahead  
Turn Right

Give up and Turn Round
(18/11/2021)

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