April 30, 2012

Today my partner and I were supposed to start a plan. We didn't really understand the challenge that the plan was about, so Mr. Wegscheid explained the challenge to us. Me and my partner started thinking about what we could do. We also started gathering our screenshots for our paper. Now, we need to figure out what attachment we will add to our robot and make a plan for how our robot will solve the challenge! :)

4/24/2012

Here is a screenshot of the blocks I used to program the robot! Today my partner was not here, so I had to program Tigger to use the Ultrasonic sensor. At first, I was really really confused and I didn't really know what the sensor was supposed to do. Whatever I tried, my robot just went in random circles. I asked someone for help, they told me to put it in a loop. I put my blocks in a loop, had Mrs. Wegscheid check it. She said that it was fine. I was happy! :)

4/19/2012

Today Kirby and I finished our light sensor packet. After that, we programmed our touch sensor so we could get a grade on it. Last, we started working on ultrasonic sensor. We are having trouble with that one the most. I'm not sure how to program it successfully.

4/18/2012

Today filled filled out a paper on our skills. We were supposed to build the touch and ultrasonic sensor, but the other group already had built them. We programmed Tigger to move forward when he hit a wall. The first time didn't work, but the second did. The way we programmed the ultrasonic sensor did not work at all!

4/16/2012

Today in robotics, Kirby and I had to remake the touch sensor. We had to take the first one apart, then put it together again because the first one was not correct. We were about to finish the touch sensor, but we couldn't find a piece that we needed. We asked another group, but they didn't have an extra piece. We haven't figured out how we will make the touch sensor work better than the light sensor. Next time, we will attempt to finish building the touch sensor, then test it out. I also need to finish my packet.

4/12/2012

I was sick and I don't have my information yet. You can look onto Kirby's blog to see the info she has gathered! :)