There's always one, in the run up to any deadline, there is always one day when nothing goes your way. It is also, always, something unexpected. Rather than broken props or forgotten lines, bad light conditions or dead lap tops, we actually managed to break the robot.
It turns out that Marvin, as our robot has been christened, does not get along well with new, good quality batteries. It went completely bonkers while trying to place the gardening patch where it was supposed to be and snapped one of the connectors holding on the back wheel as it careened out of control over the transition table. We did also manage to make hi break dance at one point!!
Of course it took a lot of head scratching to figure out why everything had gone so wrong when none of the programs had been changed. Fortunately we decided not to change anything until we had been through all the programs to find out what else didn't work. By the time we had done that, the batteries had run down a bit and Marvin was back under control.
We have found a huge problem in one of the programs though, it just takes too long to line up accurately so we are going to have to come up with a last minute plan. Sam and Jeremy to the rescue!!
One more session on Monday to practice our presentation, practice our interview and practice lining up. We have no idea whether we can do the robot game within the time or whether we can line up when the table is raise doff the floor. It's all getting a bit close to the wire.
5 days to go
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