Hello, we are Team Skittles&Pizza! We are Ben Chuter, Oscar Matus, Bethany Chaffin, and Danielle Katz.
In this project, our team set out to build a machine that would efficiently and effectively fulfill its minimum required tasks and be robust enough to perform well in the competition. We set ourselves aggressive but manageable goals early on in the process so that we would have ample time to debug and test our systems as the project came to a close.
After brainstorming several different strategies we ended up adopting a fairly direct one: the robot would engage one Fact Checker at the beginning of its allotted time and then proceed to launch Alternative Facts at two of its opponents’ Social Media Sites for the remainder of the time (reloading after about fifteen seconds of launch time during each cycle). We opted neither to utilize the varying IR frequency duty cycles to decide which of its opponents’ towers to target nor which of its own to protect. Instead, we focused on making our system as accurate and reliable as possible in engaging two opposing Social Media Sites, which would allow us to beat the brick and hopefully defeat our opponents through relative brute force.
Although we faced some unforeseen obstacles along the way, we finished the project with a functioning robot that was able to fulfill its required functions in a reliable manner. We were able to function as a team, filling in scheduling gaps when necessary, and maintain positive momentum throughout the process. Overall we are very happy with our results.
In this project, our team set out to build a machine that would efficiently and effectively fulfill its minimum required tasks and be robust enough to perform well in the competition. We set ourselves aggressive but manageable goals early on in the process so that we would have ample time to debug and test our systems as the project came to a close.
After brainstorming several different strategies we ended up adopting a fairly direct one: the robot would engage one Fact Checker at the beginning of its allotted time and then proceed to launch Alternative Facts at two of its opponents’ Social Media Sites for the remainder of the time (reloading after about fifteen seconds of launch time during each cycle). We opted neither to utilize the varying IR frequency duty cycles to decide which of its opponents’ towers to target nor which of its own to protect. Instead, we focused on making our system as accurate and reliable as possible in engaging two opposing Social Media Sites, which would allow us to beat the brick and hopefully defeat our opponents through relative brute force.
Although we faced some unforeseen obstacles along the way, we finished the project with a functioning robot that was able to fulfill its required functions in a reliable manner. We were able to function as a team, filling in scheduling gaps when necessary, and maintain positive momentum throughout the process. Overall we are very happy with our results.