Lab 10 included performance test 3 where the team was to test different codes to find the most energy efficient one. For group I, this included testing the “only servo” code some more to see if it could use less energy than the team’s original code. What was found was that the code that seemingly used less power, the “only servo” code, actually used more power. The team never found a reason why this was the case but it was backed up by many test runs that repeatedly showed this trend. Below it a figure that compares the two code types and shows that the code designed to use less power, used more.
Original Code used 215 J
Only Servo Code used 232 J
Both codes completed the track as intended and did so without interference from the team.