User:Spark1525/ENES-100/project BristleBot

Week0 Preferences
1) BristleBot 2) Project 0

Week1 Narrative
''Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the first weekend. Link to any CDIO documents you are working on that need to be considered for project points. Compare your task with what you actually did.''

Week2 Narrative
Just within a week after the assigned date, I have finished the BristleBot project. It was a straightforward task where individual member of the group had to develop personal, custom-made bots from $1 material. Granted, my BristleBot was not necessarily a $1 material, if nails, tapes, and wires have been calculated. On the other hand, I used the heart of the Bot, the motor, and the 'legs' for the Bot, head of the toothbrush, from the $1 material, which played key roles to function the Bot. Nevertheless, successfully, my personal BristleBot was relatively mobile and possessed balanced weight to maintain stability. The only drawback, however, was the battery life, where I placed small Lithium cell (Energizer 2032) and connected its circuit around such immensely sized motor from $1 material. Regardless of its lifetime, I can quickly change its battery with the backups to exceed its life expectancy during the duration of this project week. Whether this is considered as a critical drawback or not, I was able to manipulate its error by extending its battery duration with a backup cell.

Week3 Narrative
Due to my impressive presentation skills, I have been assigned to coordinate Seminar presentation on 9/12/13. Of course, from the introduction of BristleBot project to the finale of the presentation, I have personally instructed each member to perform a specific task and methods of presentation. Under my leadership, I was able to unite two distinct BristleBot Project Groups while maintaining the flow of the presentation. Unexpectedly, however, I was only limited to present the project with less than a minute of duration. Combining the two BristleBot teams, such limited time forced each member, including myself, to rush and immediately present the 'Functioning' bots in front of the students. I organized each team's BristleBots and activated them to move 'forward.' As I have figured, hardly any one of the Bots managed to advance in a 'forward,' non-chaotic gesture. Nevertheless, the entire presentation served its purpose of having straight-to-the-point attitude as well as keeping everything, surprisingly, simple.

Personally, the best one had to be Eddy and Robert's Bot due to such simplicity and purpose behind the presentation. Then, the next in the rank is followed by Abel's Bot which is influenced from the endo-skeletal structure of a grasshopper. But, besides praising such creativity of other group members, amongst the generic versions, I give huge credits to Usman's Bot, mimicking its structure from the starfish. Although my design was relatively similar to that of the Youtube video guide, I managed to create a functional yet reliable Bot compared to the most of the members in my group. Above all, each unique bot is designated to push for 'Future.' In other words, I had to narrate the future goals for the new or current, adjustable BristleBots. During the presentation, I listed some of the realistic goals that could be achieved; such as, remote-controlled BristleBots, Train-sized BristleBots, and even Jumping BristleBots. File:AbelBot.jpg|Group#2: Abel's BristleBot (Bot that is being held by the hands). Unique in its presence; mimics the endo-skeleton of a grasshopper. Doesn't move in a forward motion although it does move in a circular pattern. File:EddyRobertBot.jpg|Group#2: Eddy and Robert's BristleBot (The model that is the most closest to the camera). Simple yet surprisingly functional Bot. However, it drifts in a circular motion; not really moving forward. File:FatimaBot.jpg|Group#1: Fatima's BristleBot. Similar to that of Youtube Video but has an unique switch. Has a duck-tape to function its wire as a switch. Balance issue; cannot stand still once the motor is activated. File:SallyBot.jpg|Group#1: Salley's BristleBot. Again, generic to that of Youtube BristleBot. Portrayal of a steam-engine train but has a short-living battery issue. File:UsmanBot.jpg|Group#1: Usman's BristleBot. Unlike the rest of the group's, including mine, it manages to mirror the imagine of a starfish. Too heavy to even move.