Thursday, December 11, 2014

Crunch Time

Things were on schedule for team PAAN. Over the thanksgiving break we bought all the required tools for the maze solving car. Things took a turn for the worst when the 3-D printer and lazer cutter malfunctioned. We were a little behind schedule but we still had plenty of time. We got our top and bottom chasis lazer cut and began the assembly early in the week. The instructions were more confusing than we had originally thought they were, causing us to turn to alternatives. The first thing we looked at was another maze solving car, but needed an ardiuno shield. We scavenged the internet in search for a local shop that sold arduino shield to no avail. Just before giving up hope of making a car that follows a sensor, our teammate Anthony found our second golden nugget. It was an arduino car that follows a line but more importantly it didn't require an arduino shield and was  much less complicated.

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