Bot Ball Competition

2003

Team Captain: Andrew Alton

Co-Captain: Ryan Cooley

Success!!!

Our Design (Left)

Air Tank

Air Compressor

Light Sensor

Touch Sensor

Handy Board

Our Design (Front)

Tape Sensors

Front Wheel

Bot 2 Trigger

Scissor Lift

Handy BoardPneumatic Ram

Ball Sensor

Our Design (Back)

Gears

Drive Motor

Starting Light Sensor

Pneumatic Servo

Scissor Lift Servo

Differential

Our Design (Right)

Scissor Lift WheelPneumatic Switch

Flip Sensor

Ball Sensor

The Scissor Lift

The Website

The Team•Andrew Alton

•Ryan Cooley

•Dimitri Rizek

•Alex

•Scott

•Michael Sapp

The Strategy

• Turn on with lightTurn on with light• Go forwardGo forward• Stop on Black TapeStop on Black Tape• Knock Over Toilet paper tubeKnock Over Toilet paper tube• Grab Orange BallGrab Orange Ball• Move backMove back• StopStop• Turn LeftTurn Left• Go forwardGo forward• StopStop• Turn off with lightTurn off with light

The Strategy (Contd.)

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/* load the botball utilities */#use "botball.ic"#use "lib_hb.ic"/* Botball.ic includes the functions: wait_for_light(int port) and shut_down_in(float seconds)*///#use "cmucamlib.ic" #define DEBUG 0 //----HANDY BOARD WIRING----//---motor(value, speed)---#define LIFT_ARM 0#define BACK_BAR 1#define MAIN_DRIVE 3//---servo0, servo1---#define STEERING servo0#define PNEUMATIC servo1//---analog(value)---#define LEFT_LINE 2#define RIGHT_LINE 3#define CAMERA 6#define BALL_DETECT 17#define TANKBOT_DETECT 16#define GROUND_DETECT 18#define LIGHT_SENSOR 31#define LIFT_LIMIT_LOWER 29//use digital(value) for BACK_BAR_LIMIT#define BACK_BAR_LIMIT 15

Programming- “Interactive C”

•New to all of us

•Start from scratch

•Help from mentors

•Mentors Can’t type code

•Complex code sequences

At The Competition

Other Robots

The Match

Judge

Starting Light

Orange Ball

No Adults Allowed in

Competition Area

HoopPing-Pong Balls

Reprogramming

•Interactive C

•Laptop

•Renee

•Stress

•Last Minute

The Results

Seeding Rounds

Finals

The Results (Cont’d.)

4th Place PHS

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