Currently scarab performs 3 different dances, which he chooses randomly in front of each obstacle: Some of the dance moves are just for fun and show-off. A dance is a sequence of movements Scarab performs to help it decide how to go around an obstacle. When scarab detects an obstacle, it performs a ' dance'. (A black teddy-bear is still somewhat a challenge for this Scarab.) IR sensor does not detect black objects.Ultrasound sensor does not detect soft objects (e.g., a teddy bear).

The decision to have two sensors for obstacle detection comes from the fact that each of the sensors have its limitations: Since Scarab has Arduino Nano on board, it could be programmed to performed variety of actions, including serving as a physical platform for executing programmable steps in the equivalent of the Logo programming language. Flash LEDs, point the direction with a laser beam.Detect being upside-down or on the side.

The robot should be able to do a lot of things. The Idea: To build a programmable robotic spider based on Hexbug Scarab, equipped with the following sensor suite:

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