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In today's challenge, your robot will use basic behavior to complete a maze autonomously. Use this area to post your team's challenges, successes, and advice. Your response must be at least three sentences and must be written in complete sentences.
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Aleksandra and Catriona
11/13/2014 02:00:07 am
Today went pretty well for me and my group, however we had problems with the timing. We kept testing to see if the program would work, and it worked at times but we had to keep revising our programs each time.
Dylan
11/20/2014 01:28:16 am
Me and my group member jason had the same problem and check if your timing was for 1 second
Alvin
11/20/2014 01:28:55 am
Well something that could have affected your outcome could be the position you placed your robot on the maze and the angle the robot was placed. The timing was not the case in this situation however if your robot goes off the maze the timing was the problem.
Dylan Jason
11/13/2014 02:00:20 am
We did ok but we were having a hard time on the maze. We had a problem when turning on the 2nd turn. The maze was a fun experience in my group.
Nicholas
11/20/2014 01:25:33 am
You should maybe try to make a loop on the robot for two seconds so it should work, and make the loop go around twice.
Thomas Szymanski
11/20/2014 01:28:16 am
Me and Oliver Alejos also had problems on the 2nd turn. However, some advice I would make the robot stop at the 2nd turn, make it turn right (in its spot) stop, and then move forward. This will make sure that it has a straight path and that it will most probably finish the maze correctly.
Siara
11/20/2014 01:28:32 am
Me and Emi had the same problem last week. We couldn't find the right amount of time to make the robot turn and it ended up going off the mat. I think that if you make the robot turn for three seconds instead of two or four, it will turn enough to complete the maze without going off track.
Oliver Alejos
11/20/2014 01:29:01 am
You should use power levels to improve your robots speed in a few seconds.For the turning you should turn off one of the motors for 2 seconds then use a power level to make it go straight faster
Natalie, Maryam
11/13/2014 02:00:29 am
Today's challenge was to program our robots to complete a maze. They would follow a colorful maze on a square mat. We were able to use loops instead of programming everything all over again. You may even use power levels to control the speed of the robot.
Victoria and Jazlyn
11/13/2014 02:01:04 am
Today in class we programmed the robot to do a maze. We did not complete but we got some of it done. We did trial and error to figure out all the steps. We had to make it turn certain directions, make it go forward for a certain amount of time, and more. We hope we can complete the whole maze next time!
Angie and Amanda
11/13/2014 02:01:31 am
Our challenges, were programing the robot to turn the second time left, and the wires didn't connect. Our successes were the first turn, and going forwards. We also accomplished, about half the maze.
dylan
11/20/2014 01:26:12 am
I had similar problems as you and your group had
Ryan
11/20/2014 01:28:23 am
We also had the same problems with turning.
Nicholas
11/20/2014 01:29:14 am
Next time, you should check to make sure that everything is well and all of the wires are connected.
Siara and Emi
11/13/2014 02:02:00 am
Today me and Emi programmed a robot to run through a color-coded maze. We were able to program the robot to go half-way through the maze, but couldn't get the right amount of seconds to turn left in the beginning of the program. This led to us not being able to finish the maze correctly.
Angie
11/20/2014 01:25:46 am
Next time I think you guys should use the time modifier.
Catriona
11/20/2014 01:27:11 am
When your turning left in the beginning, try 2 seconds because it worked good for my group.
Maria
11/20/2014 01:28:04 am
You can test the different amount of seconds for the robot to turn left and see which one fits with your program.
Daniel
11/20/2014 01:28:38 am
Something that could help you with the timing of the robot in the beginning of the maze is that you could have tested the robot at first by controlling it manually with your hand at the same pace and turning it slowly at the rate it would turn automatically and count that, then program it with that many seconds and try it to see if it would work in that range.
Ewelina/Ixchel
11/13/2014 02:02:10 am
The challenge we attempted to complete today was a maze. It was a little difficult because you have to guess the time the robot would have to move. We also had to estimate on how much time the robot had to turn. Me and my teammate put a numeric constance under a motor and it didn't work because you can only put the numeric constance under the stopwatch with a question mark. Sometimes the robot would go out side of the maze.
Jazlyn
11/20/2014 01:26:27 am
Maybe next time you can make sure the timing is correct so that your robot does not go outside of the maze.
Emily and Maria
11/13/2014 02:02:31 am
We didn't get to finish, however, we got the robot to go straight,turn left,and go straight again.We tried several times at first to program the robot to turn left, but it kept going backwards. We figured out that the problem was that we were downloading it wrong. Some advice that we have for others is to always check over the programs before you try and download it, because the program might have some problems.
Ryan and Erick
11/13/2014 02:02:53 am
In today's challenge we had to program the robot to complete a maze. The good things that we experienced was the forward movement of the robot. Some bad things we experienced was the turning and timing of the robot. Some advice we would give to another person is to work on timing because it was a big factor in today's challenge.
Christian
11/20/2014 01:29:29 am
You should check that the correct motor is being shut off =]
Thomas S. & Oliver A.
11/13/2014 02:03:10 am
Our RCX robot followed out our instructions perfectly, and almost completed the maze. Furthermore, our robot made perfect turns due to precise timing and turns. It as well moved forward for the perfect amount of time to turn to the next area. However, one square away from the end, our robot had been turned too much, so it started going diagonally. The effect was too large, and our robot drifted off the area.
Brandon
11/20/2014 01:26:12 am
Seems like your robot was turning too ;~; Maybe you should try a timer for the last turn that it messed up on :D
Alvin, Daniel
11/13/2014 02:03:49 am
Our robot performed greatly and our timing was very important in this task. The challenging part about this task is that the turning threw our robot off course a bit. Some advice that we would give is to make sure that after the corner turns, check to see if the robot then has a straight path to follow.
Natalia
11/20/2014 01:28:38 am
Deanny and I worked together and we kept trying and trying to figure out the right timing for the robot to turn and eventually we found out 0.8 second is just about right.
Brandon,Nicholas
11/13/2014 02:03:58 am
Some challenges we faced during this process is that the robot didn't complete the turn fully. So when the robot went foward, it was going off track. Some of the succeeding tests were that the robot fully managed to make a turn and went foward correctly.
Ryan
11/20/2014 01:27:03 am
if the robot didn't turn fully you guys should have changed the timing to either more or less seconds.
Erick D.
11/20/2014 01:27:56 am
Since the robot didn't turn fully in the maze, maybe you guy should've kept changing the seconds until it turned correctly.
Jason
11/20/2014 01:28:39 am
Some advice I would give you is you should put the time to 1. We had the same problem. I tried 14 times to get it right.
Amanda D
11/20/2014 01:29:41 am
Yeah, my robot had the same problem, but if it helps, you could try to use like 2 seconds for the robot so it can complete the full turn
Joseph
11/20/2014 01:30:10 am
Deanny and Natalia
11/13/2014 02:04:20 am
Me and partner attempted to program our robot to go through a maze. Some challenges that occurred is sometimes we had to make the robot turn for less than a second. We did eventually find out how to do that however when we did, we had to guess and check for how many milliseconds would be the right amount to make it turn properly and it was just a bit annoying. To make the robot turn a ninety degree angle, you must program it to turn 0.8 seconds.
Natalie
11/20/2014 01:27:12 am
How did you find the timing for milliseconds? Is it hard to find or is it in the timing section?
Dominika, Amanda D .
11/13/2014 02:05:04 am
Okay so this was a pretty hard challenge for us considering that someone from a class before us left us a surprise, the wired connecting to A and B, not A and C. We learned that if you keep the seconds on too long your program will be messed up. One question we have is what would happen if we put music on with the program
Ewelina
11/20/2014 01:26:54 am
Maybe, if you put the music on with program, it will stop moving play the music and then start what's next in the program.
Christian
11/13/2014 02:05:12 am
I tried to make the robot turn but it kept going strait. Then the robot turned to late and missed one square. You should always check your program to see if every things correct.
Victoria
11/20/2014 01:26:34 am
Maybe try different commands and motors. Or check to see if there is anything connected wrong. Recheck your work and you should be able to figure out your problem!
Dominika
11/20/2014 01:29:56 am
Im not sure if you were having the same problem as me and my group but if so then maybe you can make sure the motors are connected to A and C
Brandon
11/20/2014 01:28:24 am
You should try using power levels and timers so it could turn exactly when you want it too. :D
Emi
11/20/2014 01:29:21 am
Me and Siara had the same kind of problem. I agree, you should always check the program. We tried different times but some did not work.
Joseph Torres
11/20/2014 01:29:07 am
how could you make the robot turn when its supposed to in the maze? I wasnt here last thursday
Jayvien
11/20/2014 01:29:30 am
I was not here last week here last week is the maze harder than the activities we did in the past? Comments are closed.
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