Today is our second day working on the "Catapult/ultrasonic sensor" challenge. The object of the challenge is to launch (or kick, slide etc..) a ball and then find it. So far we have been experimenting with the range of which the sensor can detect the ball. The range, at least from what we've seen, is not very long. For that reason we want to program the robot in a way that it sways and moves forward until it finds the object. We are also looking at the height in which we place the sensor. Knowing that the sensor detects objects at a certain angle, we think it's better to have the sensor closer to the ground....
Before I continue, I should probably mention that our team has decided to think outside the box and not use a sensor altogether. We are going to control our robot via blue-tooth (pretty cool :)). We are going to move the robot until it reached the ball. The rules don't limit us from doing that, so.... Some of our team members feel that our newly agreed upon strategy defeats the purpose of the purpose of the challenge altogether, but our judge, Dr. Teauscher, doesn't mean to mind our creative way of figuring out the challenge. Besides, thinking outside the box and finding the holes in systems is a great skill to have :)...at the same time thought, it would have also been beneficial if we had challenged ourselves to figure out the challenge some other way. Next time...!!
Looking forward to our Competition on Monday!
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