Elegoo Robotic Car Obstalce Avoidance HELP!!!

Hi,

So I,m currently in a situation and its really frustrating. The robotic car can move straight and stop in front of a obstacle, but it doesn't move away from the obstacle and carry on moving. It just stays in one stop with the sensor on top just moving left and right. It should move left or right, away from what is obstructing its path. Can anyone help because I've been trying to solve it and just keep on getting the same issues.

Kind regards

Code below:

#include <Servo.h> //servo library
Servo myservo; // create servo object to control servo

int Echo = A4;
int Trig = A5;

#define ENA 5
#define ENB 6
#define IN1 7
#define IN2 8
#define IN3 9
#define IN4 11
#define carSpeed 150
int rightDistance = 0, leftDistance = 0, middleDistance = 0;

void forward(){
analogWrite(ENA, carSpeed);
analogWrite(ENB, carSpeed);
digitalWrite(IN1, HIGH);
digitalWrite(IN2, LOW);
digitalWrite(IN3, LOW);
digitalWrite(IN4, HIGH);
Serial.println("Forward");
}

void back() {
analogWrite(ENA, carSpeed);
analogWrite(ENB, carSpeed);
digitalWrite(IN1, LOW);
digitalWrite(IN2, HIGH);
digitalWrite(IN3, HIGH);
digitalWrite(IN4, LOW);
Serial.println("Back");
}

void left() {
analogWrite(ENA, carSpeed);
analogWrite(ENB, carSpeed);
digitalWrite(IN1, LOW);
digitalWrite(IN2, HIGH);
digitalWrite(IN3, LOW);
digitalWrite(IN4, HIGH);
Serial.println("Left");
}

void right() {
analogWrite(ENA, carSpeed);
analogWrite(ENB, carSpeed);
digitalWrite(IN1, HIGH);
digitalWrite(IN2, LOW);
digitalWrite(IN3, HIGH);
digitalWrite(IN4, LOW);
Serial.println("Right");
}

void stop() {
digitalWrite(ENA, LOW);
digitalWrite(ENB, LOW);
Serial.println("Stop!");
}

//Ultrasonic distance measurement Sub function
int Distance_test() {
digitalWrite(Trig, LOW);
delayMicroseconds(2);
digitalWrite(Trig, HIGH);
delayMicroseconds(20);
digitalWrite(Trig, LOW);
float Fdistance = pulseIn(Echo, HIGH);
Fdistance= Fdistance / 58;
return (int)Fdistance;
}

void setup() {
myservo.attach(3); // attach servo on pin 3 to servo object
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(Echo, INPUT);
pinMode(Trig, OUTPUT);
pinMode(IN1, OUTPUT);
pinMode(IN2, OUTPUT);
pinMode(IN3, OUTPUT);
pinMode(IN4, OUTPUT);
pinMode(ENA, OUTPUT);
pinMode(ENB, OUTPUT);
stop();
}

void loop() {
myservo.write(90); //setservo position according to scaled value
delay(500);
middleDistance = Distance_test();

if(middleDistance <= 20) {
stop();
delay(500);
myservo.write(10);
delay(1000);
rightDistance = Distance_test();

delay(500);
myservo.write(90);
delay(1000);
myservo.write(180);
delay(1000);
leftDistance = Distance_test();

delay(500);
myservo.write(90);
delay(1000);
if(rightDistance > leftDistance) {
right();
delay(360);
}
else if(rightDistance < leftDistance) {
left();
delay(360);
}
else if((rightDistance <= 20) || (leftDistance <= 20)) {
back();
delay(180);
}
else {
forward();
}
}
else {
forward();
}
}

Obstacle_Avoidance_Car.ino (2.87 KB)

You've got debug prints in your code.
Try adding some more