philo mech's video: Arduino Robot Projects Single Axis Light Chasing Avoiding Turret Version 2 Mode Selection

This is a video of the second version of the Single Axis Light Chasing/Avoiding Turret. The ability to switch between light chasing ('photovoric') vs. avoiding ('photophobic') behavioral routines with just a snap of the fingers has been added via the inclusion of a Sparkfun sound detector board and a few more lines of code. A set of mode indicator leds have also been thrown in for added convenience. My research has recently involved experimenting with various forms of what I tend to refer to as "Braitenberg drive"-style robots and robotic systems. Such inspired the creation of the original version of the turret. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftQ8nPcvisQ Videos of even "fancier" versions of the turret as well videos about constructing wholly analog Braitenberg style "vehicles" will be uploaded soon. For more on Valentino Braitenberg and his thought experiments about how supposedly "sophisticated", "lifelike", "intelligent", "emotional", etc., behaviors could be realized by surprisingly "simple vehicles", one can check out, e.g., - Braitenberg, V. 1984. Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology. MIT Press (Cambridge, Massachusetts). -Wikipedia Entry: Valentino Braitenberg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentino_Braitenberg Version 2 Parts List: - Arduino Uno - Adafruit Motor Shield (version 2) - Sparkfun Sound Detector - (2) CS light dependent resistors ('photocells', 'photo-resistors') - (6) 1K resistors - (2) 100K potentiometers - (2) 2.2 uf electrolytic capacitors - (2) 0.1uf ceramic capacitors - (4) leds - breadboard - hookup wire - 9V battery - 6V battery pack - an assortment of Makeblock parts, e.g., 185 rpm DC motor, 16 tooth and 80 tooth gears, beams, brackets, etc. The code associated with this project is in the first comment. If there are any questions about the parts, schematic, code, etc., then please leave them in the comments and I will do my best to help. Hope this video is perhaps interesting and/or helpful. If so, then please consider clicking like and/or subscribing to my channel. Thanks for watching!