Our approach to this solution was to allow the robot to initially sense which maze it was about to solve, then proceed to detect when there was a wall in front of it and turn the appropriate direction based on which maze it detected it was in. Then we included it to have the readings from the infrared sensor always reading, so as soon as it detected a flame it would go on to put it out.

While designing our robot, we went through a few different thoughts about how we were going to accomplish this task, and that led to a few iterations in both the code as well as the physical model. On the coding side, we initially were going to code it so that it could read any maze, and detects and carry out every single turn it would face, but we ended up realizing that the maze would remain consistent after the initial turn, so we were able to adjust the code to simplify the solution a little bit. On the side of the physical design, we had a few different thoughts throughout about how to make it work. We were given poster board to be the base of our robot but elected to 3D print the base, so we could implement a snap fastener design into the baseplate and the mounts, so we were able to make adjustments to the placement of the different components, all while keeping everything in place when we needed them to stay still. The 3D printed base also worked as a sturdier base for the robot. 

Throughout the coding process, I learned a lot about many different aspects of coding. I was able to better understand the logic behind the coding, as well as using the in-class activities to apply the use of sensors, and how to code them to read and display readings, and how they can work together with other parts of the bot. Another aspect of code that I learned more about was the use of "If" statements, and "while" statements, that essentially told  the robot what to do, if and while snesors were reading specific readings.