Week Eight Update

The group has managed to complete all goals set out at the starting of the project. They have managed to stay ahead of schedule, which will allow time for any fine-tuning to be taken care of. A color sensor has finally been added to the top of the robot.  The color sensor detects what passengers are loading and unloading. As of now the group has accomplished the following milestones: practice field construction, line tracking, passenger counting, robot construction, travel algorithm, and is currently working on integration.

Issues with integration result from the robot navigating the arena through dead reckoning which is based on the number of rotations the left wheel completes. After a certain number of rotations are completed the robot will turn at its current location. This is an issue because line tracking is relative to sides of the line and not the length of the line. 

As the group transitions from the practice field to the real field a number of problems have arisen.  Such problems arise from the fact that the practice field is not the same size as the real field. In face the sides of the practice field are 17 inches shorter than the real field.This proves to be an issue due to the preset rotations the robot must complete. However this issue was resolved during the week 8 lab. As the robot nears completion the group has started drafting a final report of the project. The following video is a demonstration of how the robot performs as of late: