User:Will King2013/ENES 100/Maze Solving Robot

Week0 Preferences
Possible projects I was interested in doing, in order from most interested to least interested: 1. Maze Solving Robot (Cloning) 2. Fido 3. Mazie 4. Model Railroad 5. Bio inspired Robot I decided to choose Maze Solving Robot, but I also decided to continue putting some work into my previous project; Model Railroad.

Week1 Narrative
-Discussed with group members James and Cin what the goals of the project are. Both long term (end of semester), and for Week 1. We decided the goal for the end of the semester should be to have the basic foundation of the robot be completed so the next group can 3D print the robot.

-Talked to Renita to learn more about which sensors we were given worked, and didn't work. Learned all the sensors worked, but they should be tested anyways.

Week2 Narrative
Taking inventory of pieces/parts we have for the new robot. Find out what we need, and what we don't. /Parts List/.

Week3 Narrative
I will be /reverse engineering the AA battery box/ so we can reproduce it, and print the top platform and battery box as one piece.

Week4 Narrative
Worked with multiple 3D design programs to decide which would work best. Decided on SketchUp Make, and began work on designing the new battery box combined with top plate of robot.

Week5 Narrative
Finished final 3D /drawing of battery box/top plate/, using Google SketchUp. Also printed the box using the MakerBot Replicator 2. See design, to build, and the final product compared to the old.

Week6 Narrative
Worked out problems with first Battery Box print. See new design /here/. Then printed the new Battery Box using the MakerBot Replicator 2, to see final print click /here./