Week Five - Friday: Doing What Engineers Do Best (Finding Solutions)

Last week we had many technical difficulties with the robot, one of our motors wasn't functioning properly, so we replaced it, but now the issue persists. For some reason, only one side of the robot was functioning properly. At first we believed it to be our coding, but then we made a simple test by using one of the default sample programs to move forward and as we expected, only one side worked. Some of us doubted that it could be the motor, because the chances of having two faulty motors in a row is extremely slim. After finally swallowing our pride, we went to ask Mr. Martin for his assistance. Mr. Martin helped us to conclude that, despite our doubts, the motor was indeed a problem yet again. So today we replaced the motor and reverted the robot back to joystick controls, as instructed by Mr. Martin.