User:Abrent/enes100/project 3

''This is designed for a person working on a project for 4 weeks as part of a 3 credit class. Please copy this form to your user page. Then delete everything in italics when filling out this form.''

Write problem/project Goal
Design a system that can control a Robot Car steering based off of range senseing logic

My First Task
I will help to determine what needs to be done in order to our achieve our team goals over the next four weeks.

Summary of actual work over first weekend
Over the first week I helped my team complete a complete circuit from robot car arm to the moto-shield and the arduino.

Week1 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend.

My Second Task
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the second weekend.

Summary of actual work over second weekend
I searched for code to incorporate into our Robot Car that will help us steer the car.

Week2 Narrative
Over the weekend I researched code that are frequent with a moto-shield attached to arduino software to cotrol the steering arm we will use on the car.This code should give an appropriate amount of control the the windshield wiper arm to control our robot with turning capability.

My Third task
Next week I hope to meet with the team and conclude a code that will give us steering ability.

Summary of actual work over third weekend
We made measurements of several different aspects of the robot car. We also determined how we are going to mount are steering motor to the robot car.

Week3 Narrative
I worked on getting some data about the cars speed and turning circle with my team to determine timing speeds needed to be programmed into the Arduino. We tested the speed of the car by using the patio tiles which are 24 inches long and used a stopwatch to determine speed. After several tests while using a large heavy motor that we could drop on the accelerator pedal. This was good because it represented a closer estimate of the weight that would actually be in the robot car when it is finished.

The speed of the car was calculated to be 3.8 feet per second or 2.6 miles per hour in low gear. We also attempted to measure the turning radius based on similar tests. This proved very challenging as we would have to calculate not only the turning radius of the car, but how long it would take the steering motor to turn the wheel and then return to straight while the car is moving. We decided it would be best to wait until we are testing the whole system assembled and make adjustments from there.

I also began making some preliminary drawings on the mounting mechanism we will use to mount the steering control motor to the robot car

My Fourth task
During the last week I hope to mount the steering motor control to the car and begin testing with the arduino control

Summary of actual work over fourth weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?

Week4 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend.

Complete Team Page
Fill out the Team Form (should have already copied the form, created the team page, linked to it and started filling it out).