The Task
My robot should...
- drive up to sock and stop
- lower the arm and pick up the sock
- sense whether the robot is white or black
- swing the sock to the right or left, respectively, and drop it in an imaginary laundry basket
- return to starting position and be ready to run again.
My Process
I did these different tasks...
- planned out and built the robotic arm (one week)
- created individual functions for the different movements of the robotic arm (2 days)
- experimented with my different sensors and sensor values (2 days)
- created the code in its entirety (2 days)
Read more about my process
Outstanding Issues
- My robot arm only has about a 50% success rate for picking up the sock - it often drops it on its way up. I've worked on this rate by changing the position of my servo motors and my spring, so that the claw closes further, and this has helped a little.
- I do not have a system set up yet for turning the robot arm back to the front of the robot. I have a plan for this involving a pushbutton, but it is rather complicated, and I haven't had time to build it yet. Because of this, my robot does not reset itself back to the beginning without someone having to turn off all the motors first, so that the platform can be rotated by hand
- My continuous rotation motor seems to meet resistance when turning - it could be a small issue in the balance of the platform?
- The black battery box continuously gets in the way, and my wires often get caught as the robot turns. I need to set up a system to keep the wires out of the robot's way.
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