Incline Bot
Questions
1.State the assignment (problem/project) in your own words.
Make a design that will allow the robot to travel up a piece of wood that is at an incline
2. What are your input factors? (What do you need to know or do before you can begin?) Include the research you did.
First me and my partner thought of getting 2 tires and sandwiching them between the piece of wood. We need to know how to program the bot and design the robot correctly so the robot could travel on an incline.
3. Describe the process in detail. Explain the steps you followed in order to complete the project.
First, we thought of getting the two tires and putting them on both sides of the piece of wood. In the first prototype we placed the two tires almost horizontally from one another and the tire system couldn't hold the robot up. Fixing this problem we adjusted the tire position to have one tire at the top of the wood and the other directly below creating a grip in which would bring the robot up the incline. However, the final product did not work. The robot would travel up the wood with a small angle but it couldn't up a bigger incline.
4. Describe the final output / product in detail: (what are we looking at?
The robot my group designed was not successful. Their wasn't enough grip for the robot to travel up the piece of wood.
5. Describe feedback you received during the project (suggestions, comments, etc). From peers, instructor ect.. How did you use this feedback to correct issues with your project?
We did not receive any feedback form our peers/teacher.
6. What did you learn during the assignment such as tools, skills, design concepts, software, hardware, etc?
I learned how to program and design my fist robot. I also leaned that when a robot is going up a incline you must increase the torque while decreasing the speed.
7. If you were to do the project again, what would you do differently and why? Provide reasons and examples
I would change the wheel system because everything else was fine it was just the wheel setup.
Make a design that will allow the robot to travel up a piece of wood that is at an incline
2. What are your input factors? (What do you need to know or do before you can begin?) Include the research you did.
First me and my partner thought of getting 2 tires and sandwiching them between the piece of wood. We need to know how to program the bot and design the robot correctly so the robot could travel on an incline.
3. Describe the process in detail. Explain the steps you followed in order to complete the project.
First, we thought of getting the two tires and putting them on both sides of the piece of wood. In the first prototype we placed the two tires almost horizontally from one another and the tire system couldn't hold the robot up. Fixing this problem we adjusted the tire position to have one tire at the top of the wood and the other directly below creating a grip in which would bring the robot up the incline. However, the final product did not work. The robot would travel up the wood with a small angle but it couldn't up a bigger incline.
4. Describe the final output / product in detail: (what are we looking at?
The robot my group designed was not successful. Their wasn't enough grip for the robot to travel up the piece of wood.
5. Describe feedback you received during the project (suggestions, comments, etc). From peers, instructor ect.. How did you use this feedback to correct issues with your project?
We did not receive any feedback form our peers/teacher.
6. What did you learn during the assignment such as tools, skills, design concepts, software, hardware, etc?
I learned how to program and design my fist robot. I also leaned that when a robot is going up a incline you must increase the torque while decreasing the speed.
7. If you were to do the project again, what would you do differently and why? Provide reasons and examples
I would change the wheel system because everything else was fine it was just the wheel setup.
Prototype #1
My group is trying to create a robot that will go up a piece of wood at different levels on a wooden ramp. Trying to do so we thought of a way that the drive train could go under the piece of wood making the robot have grip of the wood causing friction so it wont fall back. Testing the prototype on the piece of wood I noticed that the tires are not sturdy enought to hold the robot. Another problem we ran into was that the tire underneath the piece of wood was not sandwiching tight enough with the tire on the top of the wood. We came up with a better solution that will fix the problem with the wheels in prototype number 2.
This picture shows the construction of the drive train. The wheel that goes inward will stay on the top of the piece of wood and the outside tire will go under the piece of wood. Thus, making the two wheels sandwich between the wood causing the robot to go up the ramp at a variety of angles succesfully.
This prototype shows how the tire has to be far from the motor in able to reach underneath the piece of wood on each side of the robot making the robot have a tight grip on the wood.
Prototype #2
We added a lego to stabalize the wheels so that both wheels do not sway back and forth. This will cause both wheels to have a better grip on the wood than in prototype number 1 because it is more stable. My group tested this new robot and it was not a great success.
Program
This program begins by ports b and c starting at the power level of 50, within 5 seconds the ports b and c will automatically start. After the 5 seconds, ports b and c will come to a stop.