Adding the color sensor
Let's begin to frame up the body a bit. In this section, you are going to build the front panel of Plankton that will house the color sensor, to give some interaction with the environment.
For this section, you will need the following pieces:
- Three teal 3x3 Technic pieces
- Seven blue connector pins
- Four teal 9L beams
- One color sensor
- Twelve black connector pins
Before we add the front plate, you are going to add a couple of pieces to the top of the robot frame you have assembled so far while everything is exposed. Find one of the 3x3 teal Technic pieces and three blue connector pins. These pieces are illustrated in the following image:
Figure 9.22 – Parts layout
Add the 1L side of the blue connector pins to the three holes of the top motor. Make sure before you do all of this that your motor is aligned to 0 as far as possible. Locate the gray dot and align it the best you can. Slide the teal...
