Seamusindividualprogress

Timeline

Week of 1/4/08

Planning/brainstorming

Week of 1/11/08

Find goal using light sensors code
Prototype navigation code
Collaborated on egg container

Week of 1/18/08

Finished container
Modified prototype scoop to improve movement of balls
Recoded movement to account for increased size of footprint
Designed and built hinging mechanism for scoop

Results

Now that egg hunt is completed, and the countless hours of hard work are put behind us, there are many things to look back upon. One, our go big or go home attitude did not go well with the actually materials used to try to achieve scoring points in the egg hunt. The concept was still a very good one however the instability of our structures could not withstand the roadblocks they encountered during the trial. The fact that we looked at the project from the coding point of view rather than a physical point might have been a mistake when it was our physical structures that failed us in the end. It was very rewarding to watch our robot attempt the egg hunt on time because even though it did not work exactly as planned many things did go right, and it was good to laugh at how pathetic some things looked.