How to: mBot2 Pick & Place | Part 1: Logic Explained!

🎥🤖 Want your mBot2 to grab a ball, turn, and drop it?
In this tutorial, we’ll start building a Pick & Place Robot using the Smart Camera and servo gripper from the *Smart World Add-On Pack*. This is Part 1 of the series, where we focus on the logic before jumping into programming. By the end, you’ll have a solid algorithm ready to implement in the next video.

You’ll learn how to:
✅ Make changes to the assembly instructions to mount the Smart Camera on the robotic arm configuration
✅ Understand how servo angles open and close the gripper
✅ Adjust the target Y value so the robot brings the ball close enough to grab
✅ Define the tolerance range for “close enough” detection
✅ Create a state transition from ball tracking to pick and place
✅ Outline the full step-by-step algorithm for the project

⏪ Prerequisite: All-Direction Ball Tracking Tutorial -    • How to Track Objects in All Directions wit...  

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⏰ Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro & Importance of Understanding the Logic
0:31 - Intro to the Smart World Add-On Pack
1:32 - Setting up the robotic arm with Smart Camera
1:55 - How servo angles open and close the gripper
2:34 - Review of all-direction ball tracking logic
3:06 - Why we need to change the target Y value
4:09 - Setting target Y = 200 for close range grabbing
5:24 - Adding tolerance for “close enough” detection
6:14 - Defining the state transition from tracking to pick & place
6:41 - Step-by-step algorithm summary
8:28 - Next steps (for next video): programming in mBlock (Part 2 teaser)
9:14 - Other helpful videos

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