Sept. 30, 2010: Thursday

I think that, today, our group was very productive. We learned about sensors like touch sensors, light sensors, and sonar sensors. We tried using the touch sensors by going into the Lego Mindstorms Software and we made a firmware for the robot. It made the robot keep on running forward until the touch sensor bumped into something. Then, it made the robot stop.

Sept. 24, 2010: Friday

Our teacher announced that we will have a quiz next class. We spent our time studying for the quiz, watching videos that we have already watched before. Like how to program the NXT, or how to download the firmware to the robot. Besides that, we learned one new thing about how the robot analyzes how much rotations the wheel has done. It was called, "Smart Motors", and It was on a page that we had to read; not a video.

Sept. 22, 2010: Wednesday

    Today, we were barely productive. We received our robot and lego parts. Afterwards, we saw a video describing robot decision making. By we, It's going to always mean me and my team which is Me, AJ, Juan, and Ivan unless I say otherwise.

Sept 20, 2010: Monday

Today, the class and I saw a video discussing new robotic animals/critters that could revolutionize the Earth. We reflected on it afterward. After that, we finished up anything that we had not finished the class before.

Sept. 10,2010

Today, I learned how to program the Mindstorm robot to walk straight ahead and then move backward with Ivan, Juan, and AJ. I also learned how to look at the videos in the behavior section in the NXT video tutorial.