In the day of the compittition our robot was not working perfectly and my team and I tried to solve he problems we had such as the range finder stopped working. We tried to fix it but unfortunately we couldn’t let it run. but we did not lose hope so we attended the competition and tried our best to win although the range finder was not working and the chip got burned in that day! we got the forth place in the compitition although the robot was not working as we were planned.
the rangefiner worked and here is the link
After that we have seen that our range finder was damaged we got a new so the range finder was soldered and was connected to the circuit. we tried it but it did not work.
the range finder and the coding were the biggest problems we faced
in the case of range finder
The circuit was built and it was correctly after we asked our lecture but our range finder was not working . We spent about two weeks trying to figure out what’s wrong with our circuit so we rebuilt the circuit again and we bought a new breadboard. moreover in the case of coding we used another piece of coding. the problem was not solve. eventually we succeed to figure it out by the way we were thinking. We saw that the motor is running so there is nothing wrong with the coding or with breadbored becuse they are new. So we decided to test the range finder using the oscilloscope and it was damaged because no signals appeared on the screen.
our team decided to buy the chassy of our robot because it will get us to focus on the circuit and the programming part. the dimensions and weight are perfectly fine.
we have got a new items such as range
finder and new sensors
and we buy our stuff from here, click here
MSP430G2553 or MSP430G2452 – the chip where the coding is going to be stored
MSP430 LanuchPad – it is the kit which transfer into chips
– Rangefinder – the thing to find a distance for something that can return a sound wave to him , and it measure the time to get it. It can be used to get away from the wall or to find nearby robots.
Capacitors
Breadboard
Wires- the thing which connect between others component.
Motors .
Zumo chassis
in this week we got all materials we need, then, we start building the body. as usual, we faced some problems such as the size and we lost some parts. the we decided to complete next week
in this week our reboot had thr real test in the competition, we eventually got the second.
The first session of this semester’s Race to the Wall took place today, in which teams from DT066 attempted the task. Teams from DT009 will attempt the task for the first time this Friday (10:00-16:00). Their results will be interleaved with those shown below.
Teams from DT066 who have not already recorded a time are welcome to attempt the task this Friday or during next Wednesday’s class. However, because DT066 teams who complete the challenge any time after today are doing so late, they must be ranked below all the teams who validated for size and weight and recorded a time today. Please note that this does not apply to DT009 teams who complete the challenge on Friday, since that will be their first opportunity.
The current ranking stands as follows:
| Ranking | Team | Mass | Size | Time [s] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zelda | Y | Y | 4.502 |
| 2 | Out of the Box | Y | Y | 5.069 |
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Me and my friends have had a meeting to discuss how to start our work to build the robot. And we’ve divided the work as the following:
Me an alHassan ; will do the coding.
all of us : connecting the circuit.
ahad and fhad : designing the robot.
This the example code which we have used
ROBO SUMO 