We start working on missions now. As we discussed after we finished the tournament, we plan to finish 500 points missions by the end of summer (consistently).
Below is the Trash Trek mission map. Please use it to design your own mission. Our current assignments are:
. Aiden (M06 Scrap Cars, 65 points): we need to install the engine/windshield in the unfolded car.
. Chungtai (M09 Salvage, 60 points): pull the valuable to the safety completely.
(M10 Demolition, 85 points): make sure no building block is standing in Setup position, and pull back all building blocks to the safety
. Matthew (M05 Career, 60 points): move at least one person to the Sorter Area
(M07 Cleanup, 30 points): move the plastic bag from the Sorter to the Safety
. Samuel (M07 Cleanup, 90 points - 125 points): move the plastic bag from the beach to the Safety. Put three animals in any circle.
. William (M11 Purchasing Decisions, 40 points): move the toy plane back to the Safety
If we can finish all these missions, plus missions we had tried before, M03 Transport and M08 Composting, we will definitely pass the 500 points goal.
To finish these missions, you need to think some general design questions:
. How many sensors do you plan to use? What are they? Where should they be installed?
. How many motors except those two driving wheels do you need to use? How will these motors drive your mechanics? Where should these motors be installed? How should they connect to your mechanics?
. How will your robot start from the Safety? (directions, etc.)
. How will the robot base look like? What is the size of the robot base?
I will also post specified questions for each of you to think.
Best,
Feng Tian
What I did to finish the cleanup and careers challenge was that I tried to have the least amount of lining up as possible so that I didn't have to focus mainly on lining it up and not having it be as reliable as having the robot move until the color sensor senses something. I used this process continuously throughout the program to get the robot over to the sorter by using the multiple black lines to guide it's way.
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