The document discusses Jason Huggins' project involving teaching a robot to play Angry Birds using Selenium for automation. It outlines the use of Arduino electronics and Lego Technic-compatible mechanics, alongside software tools like Python and OpenCV to create the 'BitbeamBot.' The project is presented through various iterations, highlighting advancements in speed and functionality.

1. Teaching a Robot
to Play Angry Birds
Jason Huggins, Sauce Labs Inc

2. Jason Huggins
Co-creator, The Selenium Project
Co-founder, CTO, Sauce Labs Inc
twitter: @hugs
email: hugs@saucelabs.com

3. @hugs

4. bitbeam.org

8. Motorized Pin Art

9. pinthing.com

10. Maker Faire

12. Gridbeam

15. The “Clicker”

17. LEGO Technic
Compatibility
• Beam width: 5/16 inches
• Distance between holes: 8mm
• Hole diameter: 4.8 mm

19. Hypothesis:
• Selenium is a software-based robot.
• Selenium’s mission is to mimic and
automate how users interact with an
application.
• For mobile, this means handling real
devices.
• To test mobile, could I take Selenium out of
the screen and into the real world?

20. My unscientific method:
• Electronics: Arduino
• Mechanics: Bitbeam
- Lego Technic compatible building toy
- Made from Basswood
- Designed with 3D tool OpenSCAD
- Lasercut at TechShop San Francisco
• Software: Python, OpenCV

21. BitbeamBot I:
The Angry-Birds Playing
Functional Testing Robot

23. “Too Slow!”

24. “Delta!”

25. BitbeamBot II:
The Faster Angry-Birds Playing
Functional Testing Robot

28. Moar Demos!

29. Links
http://github.com/hugs/bitbeam
http://bitbeam.org
http://pinthing.com
http://gridbeam.biz/
http://saucelabs.com