Module 9: Lego Mindstorms

Potential Strategies

A good strategy to use concerning the rules and objectives of the robot sumo wrestling is the same as the successful one from the video we watched, which is to have a sort of plow that's intended to push/flip over the other robot. The robot will have to keep a relatively low center of mass, and the plow mechanism will need to extend when it starts up (in order to maintain the area requirements).

Building Strategy

To build the robot and the parts, we split into one group of two and two individuals, where the group of two focused on the main robot (assembling everything together and making the center parts), while the individuals made the add-ons (like the treads, tools, etc.). Once the main robot was finished, we all staggered the weapons in order to finish the challenges as quickly as possible.

Challenges

Mission 1

Mission 2

Mission 3

Mission 4

Mission 5

Code Explorations