New product: 5-Channel Reflectance Sensor Array for Balboa 32U4 Balancing Robot

I look forward to developing algorithms to allow the Balboa Balancing Robot to follow black lines on a white floor, solve line maze navigation and then navigate a wall maze. The recent release of the line sensor for Balboa was the selling point for me. I have developed these feats using the Zumo robots; using algorithms adapting analog sensors for distance to walls and line sensors to run the line maze. Access to the I2C and Serial1 pins as well as the line sensor adapter are easily adaptable to the new LIDAR sensors for I2C and XBee transceiver permitting remote control, communication and / or detection will provide the required means to an end. The Balboa balancing algorithm allows access to motor control that requires a change in thinking for adapting external devices. Discovering the "Timing without Delay" article for multitasking events was fruitful in upgrading the "DriveAround" routine to exercise different behaviors; like race track, squares and circles; to determine the range of motion control while balancing. All that is left to resolve is combining the timing algorithm with the sensor algorithm to complete the project; detecting and follow a line. I hope to succeed as I did with the Zumo products on similar projects.

Sounds like you have a lot of good fun ahead of you! Good luck; you might post about your projects on our forum.