Obstace Course Challenge!

We have been faced with a difficult task. We are to build a robot, to maneuvre an obstacle course, consisting of 6 sections.

1. Clap, to activate your robot. Our plan is just to add a simple sound sensor, and add programming to activate the overall program when a clap is heard.

2. Stop in the marked square. We have decided to add a light sensor on the back of the robot, so that it stops after it enters the square. Since it is at the back, the robot should already be in the square when it stops.

3. Hit the wall, and turn right. We plant to build some sort of bumper onto the front of the bot, and then have it back up and turn to head to the next obstacle.

4. Sense the wall, and then before hitting it, turn right. We plan to use an ultrasonic sensor and set it to a 15cm threshold in order to detect the wall, then turn right when it detects an object within 15cm.

5. Sense or Hit the cans, then move around. This is where it gets interesting. We have already designed an intricate firing mechanism, utilizing the 3rd motor. When the ultrasonic sensor detects the cans, it will fire the cannon, obliterating all in our path.

6. Stop after the line. Same deal as step 2, only now it is a line instead of a box.

And there is a short outline of our plan.