User:Thanson2045/enes100/Ballbot

Link back to team BBotz

Give instructor top 3 project choice list
1. Ballbot

2. Hovercraft

3. Strandbeast

Write problem statement
My goal is to make the Ballbot stand on its head and remotely rotate a basketball balanced in its wheels.

Week1 Activities
Rationalize differences

Week1 Narrative
I spent classtime learning the very basics of the Arduino and toying with some of the example scripts and plan to delve further into the Arduino over the weekend. Ended up taking home the Vernier system instead at the advice of Professor Foerster.

Week1 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task2
Learn some of the language of the Vernier system and come up with a basic idea on how to write a program that will detect shadows from the spinning disc attached to the wheel motor.

Compare actual work done to Task2
Made little headway over the weekend with the Vernier system. Will continue work in-class this week.

Week2 Narrative
Diagnosed that the project cannot move forward with the current parts available. I emailed Professor Foerster a link to purchase additional Wowee Tribot(s). Began initial design and planning for how the Tribot will be modified to support the ball and remain steady.

Week2 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task3
Continue designing a base to mount the wheels on and hold up the basketball.

Compare actual work done to Task3
Got a preliminary design made. Next step is to find suitable materials.

Week3 Narrative
The ballbots that were ordered were the miniature version and therefore useless for my project. Dismantled the parts to try and see if there was anything worth scavenging. Provided nothing of use to push the project forward.

Week3 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task4
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the weekend between week3 and week4 of the project here.

Compare actual work done to Task4
Rationalize differences

Week4 Narrative
Finally got a full-sized version of a ballbot and used the romote in order to learn the controls and functions of the ballbot before removing the body and solely using the wheels as a base to put a ball on top of.

Week4 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Complete Project Page
The project was not completed within the four weeks. Various issues arose around the lack of parts and obtaining an entirely new ballbot to work with. I plan to continue on this project for the next four week cycle so that I can accomplish my goals.

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