October 24, 2011 Practice

Today Jaret refined his four-wheel-drive joystick program. We can now control the robot with the joystick and have it turn 360 degrees while staying in the same place. While Ian was making the four-wheel drive system one of the gears actually was touching the ground. At first we thought we would have to find a way to avoid this but after a few tests we realized the gear actually helped the robot grip the ground and improved stability. Today Ian mounted "wheelie wheels" so that the robot will not flip backward while going up the ramp. Jared finished the arm but has not yet mounted it. Tyler worked on making a program that will test the arm and its motors without them stalling like they have in the past.