---
title: "Activity: Stop On Colour Change"
date: "2021-06-03"
categories: ["Activities", "All"]
tags: ["Colour Sensors", "Branching", "Iteration"]
excerpt: "Learn branching, iteration, and how to use the colour sensors."
featuredImage: "/images/resources/stop-on-colour-change.png"
---

Program the rover to keep moving forward until it detects a change of floor colour with the colour sensors. Once it detects this colour, stop the rover.

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  Relevant Coding Skills

    Branching

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    Iteration

    Functions

    Variables

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    Algorithm Design

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    Maths

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   Relevant Rover Concepts

    Ultrasonic

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    IR

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    Colour

    Gyroscope

    Accelerometer

    Motors

    LEDs

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    Buzzer

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Activity Demonstration

### Setup

For this exercise we recommend a strip of tape stuck to the floor that contrasts the floor colour. It doesn't have to be tape, all that matters is there is a clear change in colour for the rover to detect. An alternative solution is to use a piece of coloured paper.

Your solutions should work no matter how far from the tape the rover starts. Make sure to test the same code from multiple starting positions.

### Here’s Our Approach

#### **Stage 1**

First we need the rover to drive forward towards a change in colour. We tell the rover to move forward with a start moving motor block.

#### **Stage 2**

As the rover drives forward, we need to be constantly checking the colour sensor. Use a repeat until loop block where the condition is set to detect the desired colour. Our code is looking for the brightness of the white tape.

#### **Stage 3**

The rover will keep checking the colour sensor in the loop block until the condition is true. After the repeat we stop all motors.

#### Note

If the simple colour sensor blocks aren’t working we may need to use a different comparison block to check more detailed readings from the sensor. Use the rover sensor view to identify the one that will work best for you.

![](/images/content/98a2c4-screenshot-2023-05-24-123918.png)

Example Code 1

![](/images/content/e3ba7c-screenshot-2023-05-24-123918.png)

Example Code 2