Last Week I Learned... Sphero BB-8 x Tickle for iOS

The Sphere BB8 Droid arrived in the office last week. Using the Tickle for iOS application my first attempt was to program it to leave the room make a few turns and go down the hallway. The problem was that the floor was very smooth (i.e. frictionless) so momentum tended to extend or amplify its movements. Here is a screenshot of the first program in Tickle.

I probably should have started with something a little simpler on the first go around. Here is what happened.

The second attempt was a little simpler in the steps.

When filming, we decided not to follow it in hopes that it would return safely. It did!

Also, now that I am doing a weekly summary at the end of the week as part of mailing list mediated by MailChimp, I'm changing the way I title the 'Last Week I Learned...' posts. Now they will have a description of the content as opposed to just the dates. Learning through iteration.