'Basic Test Pad' - Printer Page Number field: 2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,11
Want to put your line following skills to the test? Whether you use LEGO MINDSTORMS, Arduino, or any other robotics platform, I’ve made it easy for you to do just that.
You can now easily make your own line following tracks by just printing a set of standard tiles. It’s all free, so go ahead and print as many tiles as you want. I’ve put up three examples to get you started, but I encourage you to make your own tracks. You can find an overview of all available tiles at the bottom of this page.
Download All Tiles
Click to download the PDF with all tiles. Permanent link: http://robotsquare.com/2012/11/28/line-following/ Just share this link - Don't send the PDF around. This way you will always have the latest version!
Examples
'Cool Guy' - Printer Page Number field: 2,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,6,8,8,12,13,22
'Fun Colors': Pick up objects from Yellow, drop it at Green, etc. - Printer Page Number field: 2,2,2,2,21,25,26,27,28
Overview of available Tiles (Don’t print these! print the PDF found above!)
Feedback
I haven’t printed all of these yet, to see if they are all perfectly aligned. If you find any alignment problems, please let me know in the comments.
And share your own customized track! Send me a picture of the ready made track, and and send the Printer Page Number settings field that you need to print out the track.
Lastly, feel free to ask for more tiles in the comment. I may just add them to the selection of tiles.
First of all, thanks for publishing these tiles. I plan to use them to provide some creative challenges to the FLL team that I am coaching.
A couple of points of feedback :
1. One could use tilemap editors (which are used to design backgrounds for games) to design the tracks. A popular editor which I used was Tiled (http://www.mapeditor.org/).
2. You will need a mosaic of the thumbnails of all the pages. I created one which can be downloaded from http://imgur.com/jQaSn)
3. Quick tutorial.
File > New > 10×10, tile size = 64x64px
Map > New Tileset > Browse > AllTiles.png
Start painting with the tiles. The final pattern can be exported and shared as a image. Example : http://imgur.com/8fY7H
Hi Rish – Thanks for these links! Looks like a nice way to design a custom map.
Great job! Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome Kenneth! Let me know if you use these
Wonderful idea, a bot more flexible than the given testpad you get from Lego.
Saved for use later. Thanks.
So glad I found your page.