The final performance test had the tasks of going through the gate twice and waiting 7 seconds before passing through on the way to the caboose and back. On the way back, the caboose was attached to the AEV and the goal was to safely take the caboose and have the AEV stop in the loading dock. In a grand scheme, it is important to stop in the right place because when a vehicle is using to transport people, the people need somewhere to get off of and the vehicle cannot stop anywhere on the track.
There were two performance tests done to prove consistency that the design can run the trial more than once and still complete the trials. The graphs above show the energy verse time for both performance tests, with the code being in the code section. When comparing the code with the above graphs, it is evident where the AEV would be in it’s run. When there are straight, horizontal lines, that means that the vehicle is stopped, and so it makes sense that there are 4 stops with going through the gate twice and waiting 7 seconds, grabbing the caboose and waiting 5 seconds and stopping at the end in the loading dock. Performance test 1 used less energy and completed the test faster than performance test 2, which might be because of differences in battery
The design and cost of the design used for these tests are discussed in the evolution of the design section.