BristleBot Model 4: New Edition

Target Audience

 * Children (age 8-14) PreviousTeam'sModel.jpg
 * Adults (parents/guardians) 7. Improved BristleBot Model 4.jpg
 * Who would accompany the children to replicate this model

Starting Point

 * Get a feel for visual conception by looking at the Previous Team's Model
 * Conceptually derive its features but improve upon them for the New BristleBot Model 4

Replication Goal

 * Instead of copying the Previous Team's Model, improve its features for the BristleBot Model 4
 * Use similar materials that contributed to success in the Previous Team's Model (especially the use of Velcro)
 * Improve upon the Previous Problems that can be identified in the BristleBot Model 4

Previous Problems

 * Tedious when it comes to repositioning of bottom brushes. Its video demonstration: | Repositioning the brushes
 * It takes just as must time replicating as repositioning the bottom brushes
 * The model has to be reactivated again after repositioning
 * If there is an issue regarding the repositioning, the entire process has to be repeated
 * Doesn't necessarily go 'straight'
 * Its demonstration: | BristleBot 4
 * There is a trend of forward motion; however, the model moves diagonally not straight
 * Repositioning wasn't really helpful with this step

Materials

 * $1 material's base
 * $1 material's motor
 * Three brushes
 * Double-sided foam tapes
 * AA Battery
 * Two sets of Velcro

Procedure: Improved Bristle Bot Model 4 (Vids)

 * | Step 1: Remove the Brushes from the Original Model 4
 * | Step 2: Attach Velcro to the Base
 * | Step 3: Attach Velcro to the Brushes
 * | Step 4: Run the Model 4. This portrays the exact image and movement as the Previous Team's BristleBot
 * | Step 5: Add the third brush to promote forward direction instead of going in a loop. Be sure to curve the brushes

New BristleBot 4 Testing

 * The demonstration of the | Improved BristleBot 4

Improvements

 * The model found its 'permanent' attachments with the use of Velcro.
 * This promotes far superior stability than the previous double-sided foam tapes
 * The balance issue seems to be solved through its edition.
 * Doesn't go diagonally but rather straight motion
 * Finally, the model goes in the forward direction
 * There is a slight evidence of diagonal motion but this is not as obvious as the previous model
 * It's actually much faster than the previous model
 * speed wasn't the focus point but it definitely improved
 * Won't bore the audience as the model can finally go faster
 * Unlike the Previous Team's Model, this Newly Improved BristleBot Model 4 doesn't drift in a circular, continuous pattern

More Problems

 * After a short duration of its activation, the Model moves in a off-course, diagonal direction
 * Doesn't maintain its 'forward' motion the whole time
 * No creativity in the design still
 * Although it wasn't the intention, Model still lacks its creativity in the design.