Today, everything to do with the forklifts have been packed away to be sent to San Diego (excluding one forklift that is currently charging). This includes all robots, pallets, chargers, usb cables as well as a kit full of extra parts and cables for "just in case". Reza has gone over the activity document for the last time, this will need tobe reviewed by someone else on Monday.
Chris worked on some code for the predator/prey activity. He also made some pretty big changes on the robot, removing the tank treads in favor of wheels which offer more even maneuverability for the infrared sensors. He plans on finalizing and building the model in the digital designer next week.
After much difficulty, and a little help from Krista, Fara finished building the trash collecting robot in the digital designer. She then began working on code for this activity, which will continue progress next week.
Brad tested out some new code (including some that used the PS2 controllers!) with two slightly different models of the segway bot. The newest version of this bot, which Krista built, has a much tighter center of gravity and preforms much better than the original version. Changing code around deamed pretty tricky and a fair amount of experimentation ensued. More testing will continue at the beginning of next week; after this, we will decide if the segway/gyro bots would be suitable for a racing activity. If the gyro bot does not seem approptriate, a different "race car" model will be developed next week.
