Reflection

As expected, our team faced some problems with this project.

The problems we faced consisted of:

• The batteries were too weak

  • • • replaced the batteries with Duracells

• Tamiya did not want to move

  • • • but then we fixed the gear action allowing the robot to move

• Problems with coding

  • • • Revised the code and fixed it

• Gear ration was wrong on the Tamiya

  • • • This made the robot move too fast and it burned out the already pathetic batteries

      • To solve this problem we changed the gear ratio and used Duracell batteries which is how our robot earned its name

• The line followers was designed to work on black tape but we only had white tape

  • • • We flipped the numbers only to flip them back when black tape arrived

• Finding examples for the research paper was difficult because the types of robots are few and far between. Many of the type are in the testing and prototype phase

What we could have done differently:

• Manage time better

• Build the correct gear ratio from the beginning

• Better split up the work

• Research more before building

What we needed to make our project better:

• Resources

• Time

• Clear instructions

• Bigger space

• More coding sources

Things that failed :(

• Tamiya's bumper sensor.

  • • The bumper sensor failed because it was a part of the RedBot and the Tamiya.

    • Basically, The RedBot code did not work on the Tamiya because the pins were organized differently and some didn't even exist. Resulting in a code error that did not allow the bumper to function at all.