Overview of the Obsticle Course Challenge

The Obsticle Course Challenge involves using all 4 of the sensors that were learned during the whole time. The image on the right side shows the sensors that we have to use and what the recomendation was for the programming. Mostly always, we start with the sound sensor to make it move, then using the Light sensor, we add it with a motion to stop program. After that, using the touch sensor, we make it bump the wall and back up. Then, we make it turn and go straight to the second wall where we use the Ultrasound sensor to sense the wall (since this challenge says we cannot bump the 2nd wall) then turning and going straight. After that we could either dodge the cans or shoot at it, but we cannot touch it. at the end we stop by using the Light sensor again.

Robotics Chapter 1 Review: Lego Blocks

Lego cubes (also known as special Lego bricks due to their size) were not really in a cube shape. A special Lego brick as the dimensions of 1 x 1 x 1. Even though it was called "Lego cubes" it isn't really in a size of a cube since its dimensions of its area/surface area aren't the same. Years after the invention of legos, the idea of new Lego bricks with holes were called "Beams". The main idea of the Beams were to allow axles to connect on to the holes and allowing them to connect to one another. The reasons for the beams to change studless to change in the 8448 and 8840 set were because the old beams with stud only allowed right turns, and now with the studless ones, we are able to make more real-life turns. An example of beams connecting is a shape of a right triangle with a right angle degree of 90. Using 3 of the longest beams: 1 x 13, 1 x 11, and 1 x 9. To make the shape, you would use the beam with 1 x 13 as the hypotenuse, 1 x 11 as the base, and 1 x 9 as the height. A Liftarm is a very useful tool, which is also known as a half-beam; the reason that it has advantage is because it is very light weighted.

Kenny's Field Of View

The Ultrasound is a type of detector that measures obsticles and their distance from the detector itself. For our Module, we tested it with Aluminum Cans from a distance of a meter. The Results were shown on the pictures below. As you can see the picture of the measurements were all measured by how far the sensor could detect before it couln't catch a value.