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As soon as I found out my chip could do this the first thought was "OMGOMGOMGOMGTHISSOUNDSSOCOOLIMUSTSHARETHEEXPERIENCEWITHEVERYONE!!!!ONE"

*ahem*

After doing my dance of happiness, I took a video of it and posted to share with everyone!



Thoughts?

I want to chuck my fsking robot out the window!

So I'd been having random problems with him not sensing, then not moving his right track forward, then the left track, then speakers not working, all while NOT changing or soldering ANYTHING.

I realize finally it's because I had to use two chip sockets for one chip, and it's put in crooked.

I fix it, and now no playback, and no movement on the left track.

GRAH!!!!


So for distraction I finally sat down and hashed out the code for my tea machine. I need to code more often when I'm angry. The entire program is DONE, like I've edited multiple times and tested done.

All that's left now is the wiring, which shall be done my my project partner. I had already done a majority of work when he needed a group to join. He doesn't seem to know programming, so I've done most of it, and he and I can work together to solder it together tomorrow. Maybe we'll even have a demo ready to show.

I have so many more plans for it after school is done as well. I'm glad I paid for all of it, I'm sure it will become a permanent part of my kitchen.

Time is going by so fast. T-minus 31 days and counting. That's 9 class periods...

Great googly moogly.

I've added code now to turn the head, with each turn, Mortimer senses how much space he has to the left and to the right, and decides the most open option.

He gets stuck in the last bit of the video. I think it's because I haven't set a limit to how far he checks, the walls and the dining room table can be confusing to a simple bot. Shouldn't be too hard to fix.

Progress is progress!

Got his battery pack glued onto the back, Thing is, I didn't note which way to put it, so now it's REALLY difficult to attach and detach the power supply. Bleh.

So next best thing: I added a switch!

It's pretty nifty looking now. I even soldered on the head motor and the ultrasonic sensor to the circuit. I set up some code and debugged it so that what the ultrasonic sensor picked up, it sent back to my laptop. And what do you know, it works!

No pictures tonight, sorry. It all looks pretty much the same, save for a blinky red light on the sensor.

I'm hoping to set up a simple object avoidance program in the next few days, and will definitely post video about it.


P.S. I'm wondering if anyone reads all this stuff I post, I haven't gotten any comments in a while :(

Please, think of all those lonely comments needing a place to live...

Finally got Mortimer to sorta work. Body was built today, I haven't finished soldering the circuit board, but here he is so far with an action shot!
( onward! )

So the planning for my capstone project has started, and a classmate has been added as a partner. I'm sorta miffed because I've already planned out the entire system, bought 90% of the items, and have most of the programming ready to go, I'm not sure what he'll be able to get out of it. Plus, It puts a constraint on when I can work on my project, since it is a "joint thing".

Blegh.

Oh well, at least it's getting approved, and I get to keep the whole thing when we're done. I'm tempted to get the damned thing bronzed in recognition of me finally being done with the educational system.

We had to come up with a written proposal today, and I figured since this will take up most of my life for the next two months, I'll include each step in my journal, so you all can follow along!

Here's the written proposal for your viewing pleasure. Not bad considering it took me 15 mintues to pull the whole paper out of my ass, and run it by my teammate.

( Clicky! )

Any thoughts or suggestions?