Performence:
In total, I believe that our robot did a good job when it came to completing the course. The challenge was to lift the three weights and place them in the bin and our robot did just that. We had it running pretty good but it all depended on where we started the robot because the turns were hardcoded and we simply used move blocks. The robot was strong enough to lift the weights and we used proper gearing to make it work. The light sensors worked out for us as well and we were able to use a line following block to be able to follow the black lines.
Conclusion:
The robot had pros and cons to it. What we did well was keep the robot pretty steady and we were able to have it follow the commands easily. The biggest problem we had was starting the robot off. Originally the light sensors were so close to the platform that when the robot lifted the weight, the robot would sway causing it to bring the light sensors closer to the ground which made the robot read the double black line command just stop in the middle of our program. Wherever we placed the robot in the beginning, it would hit the first double black at an angle which would altar our move block. After that, the rest of our program wasnt in sync so we had to place it right, right in the beginning to avoid future errors. I learned that we shouldn't try to hardcode the robot as much because it causes more complications and we need to be more stable with our program and not rely on too many factors. That way, our robot can stay consistent with the challenge. I was pretty satisfied with the results because we were able to compelte the challenge with a few minor errors but for the most part, we were able to complete the challenge.
Performence:
In total, I believe that our robot did a good job when it came to completing the course. The challenge was to lift the three weights and place them in the bin and our robot did just that. We had it running pretty good but it all depended on where we started the robot because the turns were hardcoded and we simply used move blocks. The robot was strong enough to lift the weights and we used proper gearing to make it work. The light sensors worked out for us as well and we were able to use a line following block to be able to follow the black lines.
Conclusion:
The robot had pros and cons to it. What we did well was keep the robot pretty steady and we were able to have it follow the commands easily. The biggest problem we had was starting the robot off. Originally the light sensors were so close to the platform that when the robot lifted the weight, the robot would sway causing it to bring the light sensors closer to the ground which made the robot read the double black line command just stop in the middle of our program. Wherever we placed the robot in the beginning, it would hit the first double black at an angle which would altar our move block. After that, the rest of our program wasnt in sync so we had to place it right, right in the beginning to avoid future errors. I learned that we shouldn't try to hardcode the robot as much because it causes more complications and we need to be more stable with our program and not rely on too many factors. That way, our robot can stay consistent with the challenge. I was pretty satisfied with the results because we were able to compelte the challenge with a few minor errors but for the most part, we were able to complete the challenge.