Your Assignments for Monday, 11 February - Tuesday, 12 February 2008

First Task:  Complete any unfinished objectives from last week!!

Classwork/Homework:  Chapter 7 Problems - 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 14, 19

Long-Term Objectives
SpeedBot

We talked about SpeedBot on Friday.  You should have a good idea of how it works but here is an abbreviated recap.

• Robot should be able to navigate a fairly simple 15 meter long course (49 floor tiles, just shy of 15 m)
• The green tape line is the start, the black tape line is the finish (sorry, can't find my red tape for the start)
• The exact location of the wall between the start and finish line will not be known  
• The wall on the right will be the closest to the starting position and will be made from the shorter of the two boards
• The walls will be parallel and separated by a distance of 12 inches
• Your time will be recorded by starting the stopwatch when you press the button on your robot and stopping it when your program finishes
• Your robot must stop by itself after crossing the finish line
• There are natural obstacles in the hallway. The only ones that may end up being relocated are any benches on the right side of the hallway beyond the turn

If you move a bench in the hallway, you should pick it up to move it. 
Do not scratch up the floors just because you are too puny to lift a 25 pound bench!
 

hint:  try your robot with the walls at several different locations