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.