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Planning Questions
Are you working by yourself or in a team?
By myself
What materials will you need for your project?
I will need a screwdriver, my Ipad, a Dash Robot, and a new Lithium Ion Battery.
What is your plan to create in this project?
I plan to hopefully make the life of the battery last longer.
What unique qualities will your project have?
My Dash's Battery will have electrical tape covering it.
Day 1:
Since I will be resuming a project from before, I started working on reassembling the dash. Today, I was trying to figure out where some of my gears went.
Day 2:
I had to undo a few screws, and then I connected the motherboard to the body.
Day 3:
Contiued feeding the wires through the dash body, in attempt to connect the motherboard to the head of the dash.
Day 4:
Connected the bottom half to the dash, and tried to completly put the Dash together, but there is something in the way (which is why there is a crack along the edge in the picture).
Day 5:
Today was another day of troubleshooting, such as making sure that all of the screws are in the right place.
Day 6:
Today, I screwed the bottom on, as well as turned it on. All of the sound and lights came on, but unfortunately the dashs' wheels weren't working very well. So, I have to take apart the dash again to figure out what's wrong.
Day 7:
I took apart the Dash in record time, getting all of the way down to the battery pack.
Day 8:
Reasembled the Dash today. Because of my short amount of time, due to the end of the school year, I was unable to make the dash work again. I can only hope that someone else will fix this dash.
Using screwdrivers and an old Dash, I created a version of the Dash with a new battery. I created this because the battery's don't last very long. Unfortunately, I was unable to finish my project due to the end of the school year.
During this process, I learned that not everything has to work out, and some things have to be left unfinished. However, it is still very important to try. Even though I tried my best, I could not finish this project.
The 7 standards of the class are Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator. My project ties to Knowledge Constructor. My project ties to Knowledge Constructor, because I developed a working perspective of how my robot was put together, and what every piece contributed to that robot.
A challenge I overcame on this project was fixing the battery. The battery didnt last very long, so I decided to replace it. I was able to do it by disassembling the entire robot to get down to the battery pack. After that, I reasembled it with the new battery.
Given a chance to do this again, I would take the dash apart again to see what I did wrong when I was assembling the dash back together. The reason why I would change it is because the Dash currently does not work. To fix this, I would take it apart, make sure all of the gears and wires are in the right place, and then reassemble it while hoping that it turns on.
Hastings High School Career and Technical Education Program offers Agriculture, Business Management, Computer Programming, Construction Trades, Culinary Arts, Digital Multimedia, Engineering Design, Finance, Insurance, Marketing. My project connects to the Engineering Design CTE program at Hastings High School. My project connects to the Engineering Design CTE program at Hastings High School because I identified my problem, found out the best way to solve it, and then fixed my problem (which was the dying battery).
My project connects to jobs such as a Robotic Technition. My project connects to this job, because my project required me to specialize in the repairing of robotic systems as well as battery related issues.
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