2012-2013: Our Busiest Year Yet
Despite the lack of updates here, there’s been no slacking at PVIT and we have our busiest year yet: more participants, more projects, more mentors, more noise…
Author: Pete Marshall
41 Seconds
Yesterday’s post-competition “death run”…
1 Minute, 27 Seconds
RoboMagellan is scored by how long it takes a robot to get from the start to the final target cone, the faster the better. Times can be reduced by touching bonus cones, so the key decision is getting the best balance between the extra time it takes to get to…
It Works Again!
The saga continues… Midnight test runs at Taco Bell (because Taco Bell has grass outside, of course), re-writing motor controller code over breakfast, setting up base camp at the Event Center… and Monty lives! Better still, Monty works, running smoothly through the meadow that passes for lawn. And we only…
It Doesn’t Work!
After many successful runs back at base, we’re here in San Mateo at Robogames. So of course Monty isn’t working. Well he is: on tarmac. The course however seems to be on grass that hasn’t seen a mower in weeks. The motors stall trying to push through the grass and…
It Works!
…and we have video evidence to prove it!