After the Final Competition, the group made a list of successes, weaknesses, and modifications should the prototype be chosen to be produced for the scientists on Mount FEHsuvius.
Successes:
- The menu interface: allowed for easy and understandable testing, made the Proteus more user friendly, saved time and energy.
- Satellite extension: consistent, simple, inexpensive, dynamic.
- The claw: after a lot of brainstorming, the final design was surprisingly simple, durable, and could always hold and retrieve the core when lined up properly
Weaknesses
- Navigation: lack of optosensors caused for lack of consistency in navigating to the core, heavy reliance on RPS and timing functions may have also been a cause of issues while the team was having motor failure during the Final Competition.
- QR Mount: It was made of cardboard, so instability and structural compromise may have caused for RPS variability
- Skids: Well designed, and consistently helped straighten the robot, especially on the ramp.
Suggested Modifications
- Change motors. The Vex motors were not as reliable to G6 as they were for some of our peerss, and those with Igwan motors generally did not have as many motor issues
- Perhaps a smaller chassis may lead to increased maneuverability.