Week ending January 4, 2008:
- Planning page completed
- Wiki updated as progress was made
- Brainstorm with Tina (further explanation on planning page)
Week ending January 11, 2008:
- Light Following code completed
- Finalized plan for layout of the Create
- Worked with legos and servo motors over the weekend at UMass with Tina to determine what would best fit the needs of our egg hunt strategy
- Decided on a standard servo motor (not continuous) and legos and plastic fasteners to secure our pieces onto the robot
- Constructed holding container using cardboard and duct tape
- Constructed arm for catching eggs
- Behind schedule a little, but spent time (about 6 hours) after school working on Egg Hunt to compensate
Week ending January 18, 2008:
- Constructed/completed Create's egg catching device with Tina
- Nixed the holding container made last week
- Obtained light values for egg colors to put into code
- Worked on my part of code: to catch the egg, determine if the color is the desired egg, then if not, release or if yes, drive towards and put into goal
- Spent several days into the evening after school working on Egg Hunt/Practical (Total of almost 20 hours over a span of 3 days)
