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‘When one door closes another door opens‘ this saying definitely applies to the Robo Sumo project in T.U Dublin engineering. After successfully completing the ‘Tip the Can’ challenge all focus was directed towards the competition battle. We discussed our ideas about what features we wanted our robot to had for week 10. We decided thatContinue reading “Week 7”

After a failed attempt at the ‘ Tip the Can’ and a week of trying to figure out what went wrong on the day we were ready to attempt the challenge again. It was the motors were damaged and we were unsure if it was a soldering error or a faulty right motor but weContinue reading “Week 6”

This was the week of the ‘Tip the Can’ challenge. To be successful in this challenge we first had to get our robot to turn, using the rangefinder find the can. Drive towards the can, touch it and reverse back. For it to be a valid result we had to meet a criteria: green lightContinue reading “Week 5”

This was the week before the the tip the can. We had just finished off our code which we think was correct for the ‘tipping the can’. Together we decided over previous weeks what type of body we wanted for our robot. We found a body with tracks on it and motors to fit theContinue reading “Week 4”

This week we made more progress towards our tip the can challenge. We looked at the programming the HC-SR04 ulstrasonic rangefinder this week. From Ted’s lecture we learned how the rangefinder works. The rangefinder has two main parts an emitter and a detector. The rangefinder emits sound waves out and once it hits and objectContinue reading “Week 3”

After completing the L.E.D flash challenge successfully last week, we were assigned with a new task regarding our actual robot. Our aim for weeks 2-5 is to prepare our robot for tip the can.This week we looked into how to code the Arduino to power the motors in the robot. Firstly we soldered the yellowContinue reading “Week 2”

This was our first week attempting the Robo Sumo project. Firstly we were assigned with the L.E.D blink test in our lab after being briefed. We were given our breadboard, Arduino , L.E.D and resistors to build our circuit. from the previous semester we were familiar with all of the equipment apart from the Arduino.Continue reading “Week 1”