Adjusted the autonomous code and packed up for competition

What we did today:

Today, Lindsey made more adjustments to the autonomous code so that it worked
with a fully charged battery. She noticed that when the battery isn't fully charged,
the motors turn slower, so the bot moves slower. She also packed everything up
for the competition because spring break is next week, so today is the last day she
has to do anything with the robot.

Next steps...

• Our main next step is going to the SkillsUSA state competition!!

Pictures, code, etc.

Resources for other VEX robots:

Field Specifications

Game manual

Reinforced Robot

What we did today:

Today, Lindsey added some parts to make the arm that controls the flipper more
stable because in the past it was shaky. She also added a place to put the battery
and ziptied more wires down. She tested the autonomous code more to make sure
it still worked and if anything was different.

Next steps...

• Practice flipping caps
• this will maximize our points
• Keep debugging our autonomous code

Pictures, code, etc.

Resources for other VEX robots:

Field Specifications

Game manual

Autonomous with competition switch (drove onto platform autonomously!)

What we did today:

Lindsey worked on autonomous code because she got the competition switch.
She is making the bot turn a flag and drive onto the platform;she learned that
driving onto the platform will give 3 points in the autonomous portion of the competition.
She tested it a lot and made lots of adjustments to get it to turn a flag and actually drive
onto the platform. Charity worked on finishing building the flags so we could practice
driving and seeing if our autonomous code worked.

Next steps...

• Practice driving in the arena with flags and test the autonomous code in the arena with the flags
• Make adjustments to the autonomous code
• Add reinforcements to our arm because it is very shaky

Pictures, code, etc.

This is the code of points for scoring in autonomous and driver controlled period.

This is part of our autonomous code:

Resources for other VEX robots:

Field Specifications

Game manual

Robot moves Autonomously!

What we did today:

We got our robot to move autonomously today. Lindsey worked on code to move the arm up and have the robot move forward to flip one of the flags. We measured how far the bot had to go in order to flip the flag and how long to keep the motors on to get the arm in the right position. We ended up getting all the timing and positions right, the only thing we need to do now is test it.

Next steps...

• To test it, we will build the flag poles and put it in our arena to test exact spacing
• We will also make the arm base more sturdy because it keeps shaking every time it moves
• We will practice flipping coins in a timely matter to maximize points
• We will add the code to the "autonomous template" and test it with the extra attachment

Pictures, code, etc.

This is our autonomous code that is not in the "autonomous code template" yet. We did it in its own file to test it with out getting the extra attachment.

Resources for other VEX robots:

We used this to find how long we needed out robot to be on and how far it needed to go. It gives all field specifications and was very helpful: 

Arena measurements