On June 20, I got to start my first day at IPFW's Battle of the Bots camp, and I couldn't wait to get started! In the Battle of the Bots camp, students must create robots and program their robots to do certain challenges with the fastest time or with the most accuracy.
We were assigned teams immediately after learning about the robots we would be building and what challenges we faced. The challenges were a drag race, an object-finding race where the team would be randomly assigned one of two colored boxes, and a cooperative challenge for EV3s working with other teams. I began discussing who would have which challenge with my team, and because I have experience coding, it was decided that I would code the VEX robots in RobotC while my teammates shared the coding of the EV3 robot.
I accomplished the drag race program on the second day, overcoming the disadvantage of one motor on the VEX moving more slowly than the other. I then began the second challenge and, after making a partially autonomous mode that would switch to remote control to find the specific box, I decided to create a fully autonomous mode that could be switched to move to either box.
On the day of the challenge, however, the slower motor completely failed and I was unable to participate in the race. Despite the technical limitations, I still had a wonderful time working with my team, learning about robot, their uses, and their programming from the expert speakers: Professor Chen, Mr. Dobbs, and Ms. Bellis.
We were assigned teams immediately after learning about the robots we would be building and what challenges we faced. The challenges were a drag race, an object-finding race where the team would be randomly assigned one of two colored boxes, and a cooperative challenge for EV3s working with other teams. I began discussing who would have which challenge with my team, and because I have experience coding, it was decided that I would code the VEX robots in RobotC while my teammates shared the coding of the EV3 robot.
I accomplished the drag race program on the second day, overcoming the disadvantage of one motor on the VEX moving more slowly than the other. I then began the second challenge and, after making a partially autonomous mode that would switch to remote control to find the specific box, I decided to create a fully autonomous mode that could be switched to move to either box.
On the day of the challenge, however, the slower motor completely failed and I was unable to participate in the race. Despite the technical limitations, I still had a wonderful time working with my team, learning about robot, their uses, and their programming from the expert speakers: Professor Chen, Mr. Dobbs, and Ms. Bellis.
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