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== Introduction ==

The script is used to plot and test the code for drawing the parabola using a robot

<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import math

a = -0.1
x,y = [], []
for i in range(-5,1):
    y1 = i
    y0 = i-1
    Dy = y1-y0
    Dx = math.sqrt(y1/a) - math.sqrt(y0/a)
    alpha = math.atan(Dx/Dy)/3.14159*180    #In degrees
    l = math.sqrt(Dy**2 + Dx**2)
    print( alpha, l )
    x.append( math.sqrt(y1/a) )
    y.append( y1 )
        
# Plot the true parabola using Numpy.
from numpy import *
xx=linspace(0,x[1],5000)
yy=a*xx**2

plt.plot(x,y, 'o-')
plt.plot(xx,yy)
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