GEAR – Week Three

by pcarr on February 5, 2010

in Intermediate School,Levelland ISD

Making it Through the “P”  

Journalist: Brooklyn E      Team Name: Robot Brains 
We started off and on the 3rd turn we messed up but I think we got it now. Here we go again, it didn’t work . Again right before in the right stop.  Again working, oh man! Programaning again back at the ”P”.  Noop our robot is not built right so working on robot again. Back to the ”P” no. Programing. Back to the ”P” no programing.  Also got it again to the ”P” no .  YES, YES, WE DID IT ONLY TWO MORE TIMES YEAH! AGAIN YEAH! 3rd TIME YEAH WE DID IT DONE YEAH! See you again next time bye.

Journalist: Breanna G        Team Name: BCIJ
Today we made our robot turn and it almost finished because one of my teammates picked it up, but that’s fine we restarted it. We were so close we just needed to go farther and it landed on the tape which is fine so we are going to fix the robot. It touched the tape again and it still needs to get farther. Now we are fixing it again and hopefully we get it this time. The robot is also making noises. That is cool and we are so close. We are also making it to say some things. We have not succeeded,but we are just having trouble with getting off the tape we are always on the tape. We’ll get eventually. We were at the last turn and it landed on the tape. This time we were really close, but we went outside of the parking. We made it! I’m so excited. We are the first ones to make it. We made it three times. We conquered the “P”. So we finally passed and no one has made it once except for us.

Journalist: Josefina P       Team Name: Walle-Bots
Today we made our robot try to run the “P” but it didn’t work out. We are still trying but we are getting really really CLOSE!!. Well, I was taking videos and I was done but my blog got deleted so I’m starting again. Right now we are waiting for are robot to work. Like I said, its close. Now we are running the ”P”.  I hope we get it .bye.

Journalist: Layce D      Team Name: Robo 101
Today the task is to still build the robot and run the taped “P”.  But everyone has already built their robot so I guess it’s just to run the “P”. We just tried to run it but it would go to the end of the stick on the  ‘P ‘ and then made three complete 180 turns. So the programmers are working on it now. Well actually one of our programmers is working and one from another team is helping him because one of our team’s programmers isn’t here. The team’s engineer is fixing a problem with the robot’s very back wheel. She has to fix it so it will work. I think it might be the cause of the three 180 turns. She now has it nearly done. The programmers went to help her because they can’t program without the robot to test it on. They called over a engineer from another team to help them because he’s really good at figuring out building problems. Hurray!!!! They finshed it! With the help of Grant the one who went to help them figure out the problem!! So we are about to run it on the “P” as soon as they get the chance to. OK, they tried it and it did the same thing but it wiggled and went diagonally left. So the programmers are seeing if the motors are going the same speed and going to figure out why it’s curving. But now I think they’ve got it so now I have to go and video tape it. Be right back! Ok, it didn’t work. AGAIN! It turned 180 degrees again! GRRRR! Oh well, maybe it will work the next time we try. I hear chearing but it wasn’t for our team. Another team’s robot that got through. Well now we tried it out and it still doesn’t work but Mrs. Hale is helping our guest programmer with it because our actual programmer had to leave early and our engineer had to leave early too. Well we tried again and I’m sure you know the results…. Of course, it’s no it didn’t work. But Mrs. Hale is on the case. Hehe :D And I better go record! Well it didn’t work but finally we got some good results. We aren’t turning 180 degrees anymore but we still have to shorten and lengthen some of the turns. But we will get it next GEAR. Bye for now!

Journalist: GABBI G               Team Name:THE FIVE THUNDER CHICKS TODAY WE BROKE UP THE FIRE DEMONS BECAUSE THE BRICK HAS NOT WORK SO I AM A THUNDER CHICK SO WE ALMOST MADE IT THOUGH THE “P” BUT THE THIRD AND SECOND TURN WE WERE REALLY HAPPY. IT IS JUST THAT RIGHT NOW MY TEAM IS JUST ABOUT TO FINSH THE “P” YES, WE JUST HAVE THE THIRD TURN AND WE CAN MAKE IT WILL BYE

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