Spike prime

Spike prime

1. Prescribed Criteria

   • 1. Follow the safe path to the exit.
   • 2. Use sensors to identify danger or obstacles
   • 3. Use sensors to avoid or manoeuvre any dangers or obstacles.
   • 4. Complete a room specific challenge

2. Self-Determined Criteria

   • 1. After finished the challenge, display a count down from 10 to 1 then display a happy face.

3. Knowledge about Spike Prime Robot

   • Sensors
     • The force sensor: Detect the force applied on the robot. It returns 3 different conditions (pressed, hard pressed and released).
     • The colour sensor: Detect the colour on where the sensor was at.
     • The distance sensor: Detect the distance between the Spike Prime Robot at the objects.
   • Movement
     • motors: Allows robot to move with wheels. Also control the speed and the direction of robot while moving.
   • Display
     • The light matrix: Based on the code given, it will display symbols or shapes in pixel.
   • Coding
     • Programmed with SPIKE software. Can connect to laptop with USB cables or Bluetooth
   • Customization: Since the Spike Prime Robot was created with different parts, it can be adjusted for other intentions

4. Coding Constructs

   • Variables: the place to store values, the value stored can be numbers, characters or words and sentences.
   • Iteration: The repetition of codes, the repetition can be pausd/ended when a condition apply. Mainly while and for loops
   • Selection and Condition: The process that select codes to run based on the condition. Mainly if and else loops
   • Sequence: the order of codes that will be run in a program
   • Assignment: the process of assigning a value to variables.
   • Array: A collection of values stored.

5. Planned responses/ routes

   • Rock Fall Challenge
     • The robot follows the black line and reach the end
     • The robot removes obstacles from the route
     • The robot moves on the correct path and not trapped in a loop.

6. Development environment

   • SPIKE: A software that was used to develop codes for Spike Prime Robot. It has 3 ways to code, code in Python, code in image blocks and code in word blocks
     • Word blocks: Drag and drop programming, similar to Scratch
       • Motors
       • Movement
       • Light
       • Sound
       • Event
       • Control
       • Sensors
       • Operators
       • variables
   • GoConqr: A website used to create mindmaps

7. Solutions

   • Solution 1
     • Pro
       • The robot can successfully finish the challenge.
       • The robot can accomplish the goal, remove the obstacle from the path
     • Con
       • It will take long time for robot to identify the correct path

8. Algorithm/Pseudocode constructs & Language

   • IF, ELSE, THEN, ENDIF: execute codes based on the condition applied
   • INPUT/OUTPUT: What user type in and what the program shows on user interface
   • FOR LOOP, ENDFOR: Iteration, execute codes in a set number of times.
   • WHILE LOOP, ENDWHILE: Keep execute the code over and over again until conditions were true.
   • GREATHER THAN, EQUAL TO, LESS THAN: determine if something is >,< or = than another to make the condition true.
   • DECLEAR: create a variable
   • SET, TO: assign a value to a variable
   • AND, OR: to determine if both or either one of the conditions need to be true to execute/end the code.
   • START, END: As the name indicates, START is the start of the algorithm and the END is the ending of algorithm.