Robotics: The Blog of Odyssey

Programming a robot would be applicable to use on Mars or in space because if you were programming it while it is running then you will know exactly where it is going so it might not fall into a crater or bump into large soil mounds. My false scenario. Programming a robot or rover could be applicable because if it was controlled by a man then he would have to be awake all of the time, and he might get careless and accidentally make it bump into a mound or fall into a crater. So I guess it would be necessary to program it while it is going, so when the person programming it could just turn of the rover and go get some sleep to resume his job later. And you can see where the robot is going, so it could not fall into a crater or bump into large mounds of soil.

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I do not think that the rovers that are sent  to mars sould be progrsmmed ahead of time.  It is not a good idea because there could be an unexpected obstacle like a crater or a storm.  And the scientists working at NASA would no tbe able to do anything about it.  So I think that the robot should b controlled by a human on earth.

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It was actually pretty hard for us to make it go 4 meters. It took us 9 tries. It was normally too short.  Power controls how fast it goes, and duration amount controls how far it will go.

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There is a mars odyssey that contains science expirements, and is supposed to improve our knowledge on Mar’s climate and history, including the search of water and life-sustaining enviroments.

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We had a lot of trouble programing our robot. It took us a really long time just to get it to go 4 meters. Sometimes it didn’t even move. The variable that determines how far the robot will travel is rotations.

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For our robot we have had some problems.  our battery block and the wheel piece have broken apart from each other a couple of times. We have been able to fix it and make it work properly. Has anyone else had this problem with there robot.

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Odyessy was launched on April 7,2001 and landed on Mars on October 24,2001. the spacecraft’s main engine fired to break the spacecraft’s speed.

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Our robot has had few problems. Although one that has still stumped us was how it always turns left a bit too much. We always end up having to bump it over. And when we do a full or half circle, Odyddey never ends up striaight even if we make very small detailed adjustments.

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To make our robot travel 4 meters in a straight line was not to hard, but it was not that easy. The challenges and obstacles that we encountered were: the robot not traveling in a straight line, or going to far or to short, also we had the challenge of programming the robot, it was not to hard but it wasn’t a piece of cake. The things that I have learned about the variables is that the power does not determine how far the robot travels. The duration determines how far the robot will travel. The power determines how fast the robot will travel.

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So far, programming our robot has been a tough process with many obstacles, which include correctly calculating the exact rotations and power. I have learned that the amount of rotations and having to change our hypothesis every single time is the trickiest part of programming the Odyssey. The variables that are being changed are the amount of power and rotations that make the robot travel in a straight line for four meters. Also, the variable that makes the robot travel a certain distance is the number of rotations the robot’s wheels will spin. Finally, the amount of power you give the robot determines how fast it will travel.

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