Robot - Help & Name for bot needed!

[ThePiKid]

Hi,
I'm 12, and not that new to programming (started developing for Android and then Windows).
I have taken instructions from these 2 links, but I need some help with this link:

http://thingswatihavedonewithmyraspberr ... th-my.html This makes the motors rotate clockwise 5 seconds, then anti-clockwise 5 seconds. How do I make this just rotate forwards then I can stop it when need be.

I also need to add a DS Lite screen to the front.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bottom-Lower-Sc ... 536&sr=1-4 Will this ribbon cable connect to the dsi on the Pi?

The arm link: http://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-USB-Roboti ... 8Maplin%29
(Yes, BigTrak crossed with a Robotic Arm from Maplin!) If there is any code wrong, just say so i can correct it.

I also need a name, so help there if possible. Soon I will develop an Android app for my tablet controlling the Arm, BigTrak and what is displayed on the screen.

Regards,
Ryan

[malakai]

I also need to add a DS Lite screen to the front.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bottom-Lower-Sc ... 536&sr=1-4 Will this ribbon cable connect to the dsi on the Pi?

I can not answer all the questions as I don't know but the screen will not work Adafruit and others sale small screens that can be wired to the GPIO pins https://www.adafruit.com/products/618 I would have to dig through some bookmarks to find some tutorials on the forums of how to get it working.

As for a name http://www.themagpi.com/ has articles of something similar called "Skutter" as it function similarly to the robot on Red Dwarf. I like "Skutter" you could upgrade the name to "two point oh" you can also get some code samples from the magazine to help with motion.

[ThePiKid]

I also need to add a DS Lite screen to the front.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bottom-Lower-Sc ... 536&sr=1-4 Will this ribbon cable connect to the dsi on the Pi?

I can not answer all the questions as I don't know but the screen will not work Adafruit and others sale small screens that can be wired to the GPIO pins https://www.adafruit.com/products/618 I would have to dig through some bookmarks to find some tutorials on the forums of how to get it working.

As for a name http://www.themagpi.com/ has articles of something similar called "Skutter" as it function similarly to the robot on Red Dwarf. I like "Skutter" you could upgrade the name to "two point oh" you can also get some code samples from the magazine to help with motion.

Thank you. I have a broken DS Lite at home, may just throw it away now. Thank you for the name too, add it to my list!

[malakai]

Glad to help but even happier to see you going at it. Put the DS on eBay take the money and buy more parts But here is a sample video of a small color screen and some of what can be done. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMQJmVDgAl8