Week 9 thoughts (oops a little late)

What I learned:

Building and programming the robots is easier than I thought. The intros we went through definitely helped a lot to get me going on how to use the program and integrate it with the robot. Since doing those, I've gotten a good idea of how to do things and now it is just a matter of chugging along to make some robots that do the certain project assignments.

What got me excited:

Getting to the point where I can start working on some of the project assignments. Its cool to be faced with a problem and develop a solution myself, as opposed to getting walked through it by the book or computer program. I pumped to get going.

Suggestions:

It is not an issue right now, but I'm anticipating that doing the work with the robots is going to be pretty time consuming. When compared to the programming with scratch and building the sensors I think that working with the robots is the most difficult topic we cover in this class, so it might make sense to give a little more time for the robot work in the future. However, the class already does devote more time to the robot unit so maybe its not a problem at all. Just something I thought about that could come up as we progress with our work with the robots.

Week 8 thoughts

What I learned:

Well spring break was nice but back to it. I learned to go at my own pace to accomplish things. I think I was the second to last one to finish sensor project 2, and watching everyone get going on the robotics stuff really had me anxious to try to rush to get my sensor finished. I did my best to make sure I was doing everything right and not rush through things. Eventually it paid off, my sensor worked well and I was able to start experimenting with the robots.

What got me excited:

Starting with the robots. So far I really enjoy it. The combination of building something and then programming it to do things is really cool to me. As of now I haven't had any trouble yet with the robotics so I'm pumped to keep progressing.

Suggestions:

I just started with the robots so I can't really think of anything that I think should be changed thus far. One thing I really like though is the freedom we have with building and programming the robots. The assignments allow us to choose for ourself the type of robot we want to construct and what we want to program it to do. I think this definitely will help us learn more as we can choose specifically what we want to do and then figure out how to do it, as opposed to being told a specific thing. I'm looking forward to adding my own personal touches to the robot I build and the actions I give it.