Exercises / Tutorials

There are many things you can do with your smorphi_single and smorphi² robots. Do explore some of the exercises/tutorials to access some mini projects and tasks you can do with your Smorphi here

We provide 2 different types of coding interfaces for users:

For beginners who are just starting out in coding, you can try out the exercises using our Blockly code programme which is more beginner friendly.
For people with some coding experience, you can try out the exercises using C++.
The exercises are split according to whichever coding interface you use. Exercises that are not specified are for both users.

List of Robot exercises:

Exercise 1 - Putting your robot together 

Assemble your robot and link your robot to its control app for a quick start

Exercise 2 - Setting up your Smorphi for coding 

Learn about the arduino coding software and how to set up which in order to customise your Smorphi single / Smorphi² to perform various tasks.

Exercise 2A - Setting up your Smorphi for coding - Arduino portable (Windows)

Learn about the arduino coding software and how to set up which in order to customise your Smorphi single / Smorphi² to perform various tasks.

Exercise 2B - Setting up your Smorphi for coding - Arduino portable (MacOS)

Learn about the arduino coding software and how to set up which in order to customise your Smorphi single / Smorphi² to perform various tasks.

Exercise 3 - Documentation 

Look through and understand how to read coding documentation, and explore the various functions provided.

Exercise 4 - Introduction to Blockly 

Learn about Blockly and how to set up which you will need to customise your Smorphi to perform various tasks.

Exercise 5 - Basic Blockly coding 

Learn basic blockly coding structures, like variables, loops and conditionals.

Exercise 6 - Basic C++ / Arduino coding 

Learn basic Arduino coding structures, like variables, loops and conditionals.

Exercise 7 - Temperature sensor (Blockly)

Set up and use Blockly to control your Smorphi single / Smorphi² kit’s temperature sensor for various activities and purposes

Exercise 8 - Temperature sensor (C++ / Arduino)

Set up and use C++ code to control your Smorphi single / Smorphi² kit’s temperature sensor for various activities and purposes

Exercise 9 - Sound sensor (Blockly)

Set up and use Blockly to control your Smorphi single / Smorphi² kit’s sound sensors for various activities and purposes

Exercise 10 - Sound sensor (C++ / Arduino)

Set up and use C++ code to control your Smorphi single / Smorphi² kit’s sound sensors for various activities and purposes

Exercise 11 - Infrared (IR) for obstacle detection (Blockly)

Set up and use Blockly to control your Smorphi single / Smorphi² kit’s IR sensors for various obstacle-detection purposes

Exercise 12 - Infrared (IR) for obstacle detection (C++ / Arduino)

Set up and use C++ to control your Smorphi single / Smorphi² kit’s IR sensors for various obstacle-detection purposes

Exercise 13 - Simple line following using 2 IR sensors 

Code your Smorphi² to follow a line on the ground utilising 2 IR sensors

Exercise 14 - Line following and obstacle detection combined 

Challenge yourself by implementing line following with obstacle detection at the same time using just IR sensors

Exercise 15 - Pixycam 

Introducing the Pixycam usage and set up

Exercise 16 - Integrate Pixycam onto robot using ICSP protocol (Recommended Methodology)

Connecting Pixycam to your Smorphi² as a sensor

Exercise 17 - Integrate Pixycam onto robot using I2C protocol 

Connecting Pixycam to your Smorphi² as a sensor

Exercise 19 - Pixycam colour detection (Blockly)

Code your Smorphi² to detect colours using Blockly

Exercise 20 - Pixycam Maze Solving with shape change (C++ / Arduino)

Code your Smorphi² to navigate through a slightly more complicated maze with varying widths that require shape change

Exercise 21 - Huskycam Maze Solving with shape change (C++ / Arduino)

Code your Smorphi² to navigate through a slightly more complicated maze with varying widths that require shape change

Exercise 22 - Customise your app to control Smorphi 

Make your own app that you can use to control Smorphi

Exercise 23 - Make your own library 

Code exploration exercise to understand the background functions in depth

Exercise 24 - OTA (Over The Air) code upload methodology 

Setup and upload code to your smorphi robot using OTA method

Exercise 25 - Introduction to IoT(Internet of Things) / Blynk platform 

Learn about IoT and Blynk platform

Exercise 26 - Setting up Blynk platform 

Learn to setup Blynk platform and integrate Smorphi masterboard with the Blynk cloud and Blynk app

Exercise 27 - Smorphi control using Blynk Buttons 

Control Smorphi robot using buttons on Blynk platform interface

Exercise 28 - Smorphi control using Blynk Joystick 

Control Smorphi robot using joystick on Blynk platform interface

Exercise 29 - Huskylens camera 

Introducing the Huskylens camera usage and set up