Basics of Sphero Bolt Tutorial 1: Coding and Tips

This first presentation of a three-part series goes over the basic operation of the Sphero Bolt using block coding. It includes information to help you understand orientation, movement, controls, operators, and comparators. It also provides some tips from personal experience that will help you progress faster with the Bolt and avoid some of the initial confusion that hampers beginners.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:18 How Sphero Robots work
1:57 Movement: Orientation
4:51 Movement: Roll and Speed
7:22 Movement: Raw Motor and Stabilization Control
8:45 Lights: LED Options
9:33 Lights: Advanced LED Options
10:46 Sound
12:37 Controls: Loops
14:59 Controls: Loops Example 1
15:52 Controls: Loops Example 2
17:35 Controls: If-Else Coding
20:11 Operators: Basic Math
21:30 Operators: Nesting
22:59 Comparators: Determining True (or False)
24:51 Coding Example with Controls, Operators, and Comparators