Swiftly programming robots
summary
Apple adds Swift Playgrounds support for LEGO Mindstorms and other kits so Swift Playgrounds controls Mindstorms Parrot Sphero mBot, enabling hardware abstraction and live visualized sensor and motor data that exposes problems like a noisy IR beacon. Rapid prototyping claim: a beacon-following robot is built and running in a single afternoon using Swift (vs long NXC workflows). Limitations noted: templates are clumsy, Playgrounds are iPad-only, but the language and tooling dramatically speed demos and debugging.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:10Apples announcement
- 1:52What does this mean
- 2:53History of Lego
- 3:56Programmable Bricks
- 5:21Visual Programming
- 8:48Demos
- 9:39C
- 10:44Robotics ecosystems
- 12:23Mathematica
- 14:16iRobot
- 15:11Swift playgrounds
- 16:37Swift bug
- 17:16The robot
- 18:04Sensor visualization
- 19:42Conclusion
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