botball 2011 on site presentation

BotBall 2011

Greater DC Tournament

Woodson High School

April 9, 2011

Presenting to you on Behalf

of the ......

Team Consists of…

� 13 Team Members & 3 Mentors

� 10 male / 3 female

� 6 th grade – 12th

� Sponsored by Equal Footing Foundation

Achieving Botball Goals

The Programmers

Amine

Alex

The Builders

Anthony

Leon

Isaac

Daniel

Nick

Amanda

Emma

Shian

Documentation

James

Connor

Michael

Team

Organization

Decision Making Process

� Build a Bot that can Carry Out its Mission

� Score More Points from Previous Year

� Cause Havoc to the Opponent

� Have Fun

Goals stayed the same over the weeks. Only the strategy

changed due to bot failure and running out of time.

Division of Labor We were failing miserably. Where do we start?

Help! Mr. Al to the rescue! He arranged for us

to have a meeting with an “Agile

Management” expert.

Write each task on a “stickie” and assign it a

due date

Need a break? Take pictures, Check the FAQ,

Build Paper airplanes, Fill out the survey,

review rubric to see if we missed anything.

“Agile Management” with

Ryan Fullmer

Conflict Resolution

There is always an opportunity to have conflict when many people are trying to

accomplish a project. We tried to work out our own differences . Sometimes we would

take a vote. If we still had no resolution our mentor Mr. Al, would step in and remind us to

look at the “Agile Management “ board and to work for the good of the project.

Mechanical Design

Overview of Robot’s

Mechanical Systems

� The Havoc

Wheel

for

balance

The Drive

Servo

The Arm

Explain how mechanical design supports Effector :

� It is supported by a frame which is hooked up

to another frame which is hooked up to the

robot

Explain how mechanical design supports sensors

We only used the light sensor and it currently is supported by the claw frame

Sample Code For Havoc

void Dropping_AirplaneR( )

{

printf("Dropping airplane");

drive_forward(62);

Turn_leftpos(-90);

drive_forward(5);

Open_claw(10);

}

Elegant Solution

Arm Flings

Out

Rubber bands keep the arm compact to fit in the start box. Hopefully will cause Havoc by flinging open (Instant barrier)

Havoc’s Success Chart

� Havoc mission is going to the runway and

dropping airplanes.

Problems with design?

� The design turned out to be too heavy. The

wheels were bowing out and causing it to not

drive straight. We changed the wheels many

times and adjusted the width of the base for

balance.

How was code tested on the sub

unit?Tested the motor individually to see if the claw

would open .

Thank youApril 4, 2011

Dear Equal Footing Foundation and NCS,Dear Equal Footing Foundation and NCS,Dear Equal Footing Foundation and NCS,Dear Equal Footing Foundation and NCS,

We are delighted and thankful that you have given the Mott Computer Clubhouse a chance in the spotlight and to perform professional creativity. For the sake of learning with a touch of imagination the things that make the Computer Clubhouse what it is today and forward. We are honored to do this. To show our appreciation, we will put in our all to make an outstanding show that will make this world bright.

Sincerely,

Thank you to our Mentors and

community Friends.

We could not have done it

with out your inspiration.

Ryan Fullmer ( Agile Management )

Sandra Chavez ( Satellite Club House at KensleyCommons)

Mr. Al ( The Mott Computer Club House Manager)

Carla Ryder ( Mentor for Documentation)

J T Taylor ( programming )