PART A

 

What was the most difficult aspect of this project?

 

For our group, we had a lot trouble trying to cut out perfect pieces. It turned out that our alligator is a rip off from the other one. For example, we cut out unequal pieces of card board for the body, so we ended up not having equal heights from each side.

 

What was the most enjoyable aspect of this?

 

We enjoyed the part when we successfully made the alligator work. We thought our project wouldn’t work out as good, but after painting it, the alligator looked better than not painting it.

 

What did you do well?

 

We did the painting well, we finished the painting in one class. Well we had helpers who already finished their own one to help us. We did not have to waste two classes of time to paint the alligator. That class was the last class before the zoo.

 

What would you do differently next time?

 

I could have used time wisely, we were too lazy to cut out cardboards, we just found them in the box. Next time I would use a ruler to measure the height and width to make the alligator more neat. Also I would like to change sensors to light sensor, it can be more joyful for kids to pet the animals rather than dodging it and throwing pencils in.

 

 

PART B

 

What did you learn about physically building a robot?

I learned that if you don’t cut out perfect pieces that are equal, your robot is going to turn out just like our robot. The mouth is not flat, it is tilting downwards to the right, the left side is higher. That can tell that our base is not flat, the sides must not be equal.

 

What did you learn about programming the robot?

 

In order to make the robot work, you must understand the programming. You cant just go and add random codes. I learned that programming the hummingbird can be hard. Sometimes the programming doesn’t work. Our battery was out so we needed to change out the batteries. The programming is the big part of your robot, if you don’t have programming, your robot wont work at all.

 

What more would you want to learn about the building/ or programming of these robots?

 

I want to learn about the better code to make for a robot. Just like the LED assignment, some people know how to make the fade and some did the long way just like how I did it.