Sweeper - Show time

Finally, it was judgement day and time to show the end result of our hard work. However, at first we came in early to decorate our base only to have it break apart to our surprise as we moved it outside for spray painting. Although the base was sprayed in a rush attempt it now had a black bottom and we covered the walls with both cellophane and wrapping for effect. This at least made it look a little better before we moved on with our show.

Group after group went as we managed to observe the great amount of work each group put into their work I couldn't help but feel nervous to see the degree of creativity and thought they applied to every inch of their robot for their artworks. But when time came for us to finally show what we could do, as a group we decided on showing our most unique piece, Water to Raro. We prepared it and with a new sheet of A2 paper placed it in the middle of our base. The class crowded around our project and Chad let them know about what the Sweeper was and what was the point of it. The idea of nightlife.

And so once the story was shared and both brains on, Daniel pressed the run button. At first it dabbed like it should moving out and about to our relief. However in a few seconds everything went wrong as it crashed into the wall quickly and continued to crash and crash despite every trial run resulting in no crashes or even a near crash. With this we had to stop the robot only to realize that once again another attempt to complicate what we had by decorating the base it resulted in another failed display. Due to the cellophane and wrappings uneven surface the ultrasonic sensors could not successfully function and pick up the correct distance from the wall only resulting in it crashing into the wall repeatedly.

We did all we could and we worked hard so we did not frown but came together to see how far we had come after every barrier and hurdle. And so we finished the day with our peer assessments for the designated robot of choice overall for each person. I chose to talk about Jason, Zoe, Leo and Oliver's project which circulated around the idea of the transition of energy.

But, by the days end it was time to go home after a week's hard work of NXT robot building, programming and brainstorming to a long holiday's break.