We reviewed the flowchart yet again and corrected a few small errors, and then met with Li to find out how the programming is coming along. It’s going slowly, and we arranged to meet later to discuss.
We then began our lesson plans using a format from last year. We are focusing on the 5 E Lesson Plans: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate. Today we wrote a couple steps, and will modify as we go.
In the afternoon, we all attended a short meeting to watch introduction training videos on LabView to prepare us for tomorrow’s 3 hour session. The videos covered topics such as graphical programming, programming tools, simple debugging, data types, and connecting to hardware.
Our team meeting began at 4 pm with Dr. Acevado and Dr. Namuduri, Li Li, Jennifer, Sharon, and the two of us. We discussed the current state of the project and where to go from here. It was decided that by noon on Tuesday, the robots could drive around in a square (roughly). From there by Thursday morning, the robot would be able to avoid one simple object in its path. We will expand beyond that after Thursday. In the meantime, we will use a LEGO Mindstorm kit to create a manually controlled robot to walk through our flowchart to detect any possible problems.
On a side note, the rideshare team gave me a GPS sensor to carry with me over the next few days. When they upload the data and lay it over Google Earth, it's shockingly cool how accurately they can see where you've been!
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