Mission Day

• Going to be hard…  

• Going to have to solve unforeseen problems... 

• Discuss & plan as a team  & share and divide tasks

• Discuss, plan and share information with other teams in your sector. 

• Test Test Test Test before loading program on real rover

• Have Tester finish missing or incomplete programs or planning ahead

• You have all the code you need to solve any problems

• You WILL need to edit or tweak your code and programs

• Check and change prox.ground reflected values for white, grey and black for  your rover in your programs

• Use your math formulas to sort out distances/times/angles

• Mark up your map with course, measurements, results

• There will be some communications issues with rover...

• When in doubt, hit the Stop Thymio button

• Uncheck Auto (data refresh) in Aseba Studio

• Watch the prox.ground.reflected sensor & the motor.target values to see what is going on real time using refresh button

• Careful clicking Run or forward or turn more than once... patience....

• If you lose connection, wait... if it does not return after a minute, restart Aseba.

Mission Tasks

Now that the team of rovers have made it to Mars, your team needs to work with the 3 other teams in your Sector in order to diagnose damage and begin repairs to the station. There may be some unexpected damage or problems to solve once we see results. 

Continuously mark up your map with info, measurements & path travelled (15 pts per team)

1. Get out of lander  and identify rover (10 pts each team)

2. Calculate scale of small map (2 X 20 pts for sector .... confirmed by at least 2 teams in a sector)

3. Navigate to black line & then outdoor door (10 pts each team)

4. Navigate through corridor into station  (10 pts each team)

5. Identify debris on station floor (use readings from ground sensors).  Indicate on your map.  (5 pts for each correctly identified)

   • 90 - Darkest grey: Basalt (volcanic rock)

   • 80 - Dark grey: Martian soil/sand

   • 70 - Light grey:  Meteriote remains

   • 60 - Lightest grey: ice/water

6. Move 2 control panels back in place.  (15 pts each panel)

7. Separate O2 (heavy) canisters from H20 (light) canisters and move to proper corner.  (15 pts each canister)

8. Diagnose generator function and  count rotation frequency.  (15pts)

There are also points for teamwork, sector coordination and map annotation. 

Jobs on Mission Day:

Rover controller

• • use school computer to drive actual rover

Program Tester

• • Thymio connected on personal laptop and map

Navigator & Communications Specialist 

• • with map, calculate scale, distances, angles, time to move

  • needs laptop with video feeds & chat with other teams

Material Needed:

• School computer to control rover

• A tester Thymio & laptop to control it

• Team Google Drive folder with all programs & spreadsheet calculator

• Test map, lander, corridor model, A3 station map

• Ruler, protractor, calculator

• Laptop with video feed and team chat

• Copies of other Thymio programs (basic thymio program, math calibration)