Lego Robotic Cars!!!

Our objective when beginning this challenge was to create a free moving vehicle using our lego robotic kits! We were to program the vehicle and build it in order to go through a set course!

This is a picture of attaching the final wheels to our car!
So that the final product looks like....

We hadn't sketched any ideas beforehand, we just went at it, building prototype after prototype until a final car emerged victor!

In order to make the car do what we wanted, Dylan used online programming:

At first we had a hard time getting our bot to turn, but with enough fiddling with the programming, Dylan was able to make it do a little walk and turn!!

Our little Star Wars looking robotic lego car was able to complete this course:

Where the white line on the right is start, and the line on the left is finish!

Feedback!

Project Feedback:

• Positive Results:
• We were able to make it go for extended periods of time and added better wheels so that the power wasn't lost! It was able to drive and quickly too!
• The turning capabilities were low at first, but then Dylan and Jose developed "the walk" so our car could walk the walk AND talk the talk!
• Improve
• Turning radius - we saw some vehicles that could nearly "turn on a dime" and that would be something to emulate in the future!
• Aesthetics! We're working with Legos so there could be a lot of opportunity to make our design look more interesting.

Partner feedback:

The main creator was Dylan!! He really worked hard on it and deserves an awesome point!