User:Kristy.chahil/ENES-100/project 2

Week1 Narrative
Build the line following lego mindstorm robot.

software describes how to program the mindstorm to follow line

describes all the pieces

picture of the line following robot with program

First, I built the line following robot using the website http://www.nxtprograms.com/line_follower/steps.html. While creating the line following robot I documented my progress on my iPhone. The video that I recorded was about 51 minutes. It took me a lot longer than I expected because some of the pieces weren't properly fitting the way they were supposed.

good upload of photos ... need to take screen shots with the computer, not a cell phone camera ... iphone video can be uploaded directly to wiki media commons but not 15 minutes worth ... nobody is going to watch that ... it needs to be edited ... and if you are following a video already made, what is the point? ... Discovering that the mac version of the software is old and unsupported is a problem. Next step is to install Windows on your Apple. Going to need to do this for a variety of reasons in the future. I am having problems with your English. "Downloaded the software two more times" means trying to get the software from the internet. My understanding is that you had a CD. This makes no sense. I don't know what "and the program was installed" means. I am guessing that the boot loader on the CD worked and copied the software to the laptop. I don't know what "though there was still an issue with trying to open the program" ... I suppose these are your error screens. I don't know what "so that I could calibrate my robot" means. I suppose that this means "send a program to the robot." What are your next steps? What are you motivated to do? 10/10/10 --1sfoerster (discuss • contribs) 13:54, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Week2 Narrative
I took apart the head of the tribot. Here are before and after pictures of the removal of the face plate.

There were a few places where I was frustrated.One of those moments was when I had taken of the four screws surrounding the face plate, but couldn't detach it because it felt like something was still attached to the face plate on the inside. So to fix this problem I tugged on the face plate for about 5 minutes trying to get it move a bit. I tried to take a look inside when I got part of bottom detached to see if anything was still connected though nothing was connected to the face plate. Finally I was able to remove the face plate with some pressure.

Next Step

To check the wire connections in the rest of the tribots.


 * Head switch documentation is in the design section "connecting cables to the arduino" ... add your information (picture of spring, etc.) there ... listing the colors of the cables is not useful ... there are already pictures of these cables coming out of the head in design section "connecting the head" ... from your pictures it looks like you have taken the head apart ... I don't see any information about that .. I am concerned it is in pieces and someone else is going to have to put it back together ... lots more difficult ... please post taken apart and putting together pictures ... you mention a circuit board with art work (lettering) on it ... please take close up pictures of it ... you have not linked the colors of the cables to the art work (lettering) on the circuit board ... you have not described mechanically how the ears pop out, how the LED pops up and how they retreat back into the head ... please do this .. 10/10/5 --1sfoerster (discuss • contribs) 22:11, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Week3 Narrative
Over the weekend I tried to get the Lego Mindstorms NXT software to work. I came up with two different options to accomplish this task.

I installed the program WineBottler by using the website http://darwine-winebottler.en.softonic.com/mac/download as a starting point.

After Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode was installed on the PC I connected my USB cable to the PC and the line following robot I created using Legos. I then opened up Windows XP Mode by going to the the programs tab, clicked on Windows Virtual PC and then clicked on Windows XP Mode to open it. Then once that was open I went to "My Computer" and clicked the icon for the Lego Mindstorms NXT software. Following that on the home page of the Lego Mindstorms NXT software I clicked on the tab that said "Calibrate". I calibrated the light sensor that is located on the line following robot.

Next Step For next weekend I plan on installing Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode onto my Mac at home so that I also have access to the program so that I don't have to go back and forth to and from school. I will then use the Lego Mindstorms NXT software to create a path so that the line following robot can follow.


 * Wow! Good job ... great documentation 10/10/50 --1sfoerster (discuss • contribs) 13:37, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Week4 Narrative
Over the weekend I tried to install the Lego Mindstorms NXT software onto my Mac by installing Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode.

Since I wasn't able to install Windows XP Mode successfully onto my Mac that then caused me not being able to create a path for my line following robot to follow.


 * 10/10/40 .. great failure documentation ... need to put this in the team page ... include that today (4/8/14 XP support from Microsoft ends ... and solving this problem (running old xp software on a variety of machines) is going to become more important ... look up stories of microsoft giving permission to their programmers to improve open source versions of XP support --1sfoerster (discuss • contribs) 15:19, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Next Steps
For next weekend I plan on figuring out what went wrong with the installation of Windows XP Mode on my Mac. If I still can't install Windows XP Mode I will get in contact with Apple and see why I am not able to install Windows XP Mode onto my Mac. If none of those options work out in my favor then I will use the computer in the engineering classroom where I installed Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode to create a path that my line following robot can follow.