Ever wanted to build a super-sweet fighting robot? Those don’t exist, fool! But I have made my own super-sweet sorting robot. It happened in my 6th hour POE class, during sophomore year. The robot, which was assembled in teams, had to sort colored marbles via a photoreceptor that could trace differing amounts of light. Our robot, not to sound arrogant, was by far the most effective in the class. We not only got the best grade, but we also got extra credit in the class as well.
It all started with the plan. We had to create a blueprint of our soon-to-be robot. From that blueprint came the assembly. That was the hard part. It took about 1 month to create the perfect robot by tweaking previous designs countless times until we created some sort of machine that accomplished what it was made for. As a result, our team became adaptive, we leaped on to anything that seemed like it had a chance. We became frugal, we learned how to easily discern a good design from a bad design. It was due to these skills that we eventually crafted the perfect machine, our robot.
A robot is a machine designed to do a task, so in theory, it was a group of robots working on a robot. I’ve never really been interested in working with robots as a career, but this class was a helpful guide to vital life skills explored in a non-traditional method. I feel pride in knowing I successfully navigated a class that is considered to be college level, and it will help to prepare for future college courses.
It all started with the plan. We had to create a blueprint of our soon-to-be robot. From that blueprint came the assembly. That was the hard part. It took about 1 month to create the perfect robot by tweaking previous designs countless times until we created some sort of machine that accomplished what it was made for. As a result, our team became adaptive, we leaped on to anything that seemed like it had a chance. We became frugal, we learned how to easily discern a good design from a bad design. It was due to these skills that we eventually crafted the perfect machine, our robot.
A robot is a machine designed to do a task, so in theory, it was a group of robots working on a robot. I’ve never really been interested in working with robots as a career, but this class was a helpful guide to vital life skills explored in a non-traditional method. I feel pride in knowing I successfully navigated a class that is considered to be college level, and it will help to prepare for future college courses.