The robot was never able to effectively navigate the maze and extinguish a candle, so we did not take it to Trinity for the contest. However, we learned a great deal in the process of designing and creating the robot, and we believe that what we learned will be helpful to future students who wish to enter the contest. With this goal in mind, we have documented all the major iterations of our robot.
The final structure of the robot is
explained on the Final
Design page.
The final navigational system is explained on the
Final
Navigation page.
The final control flow model is explained as Plan
B, which describes the
functions of:
For those of you who are interested in the technical specifics, our final paper is also available online.