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Final Design

The program we designed was simple and linear, going step by step with minimal complications. The most complex part of the program were the two touch sensor instances, where it drove forward infinitely until the touch sensor was activated. There are multiple instances of sound in our program, which assisted in debugging by alerting us to where in the process the robot had reached. There was a sequence of code we included at the end that is not in the screenshot below that had the robot swing the hawk's claw open and closed rapidly in order to knock the ball into the goal box, which worked about a third of the time. It is almost identical to the way we planned it out initially, and though we tried different methods throughout the process, the original method worked out the best. Side view of the hawk's claw, showing the touch sensor below.

Side view of the robot.

Top view of the traditional hawk's claw




 * Final Performance:**

Our robot performed in a satisfactory manner by the end of the process, successfully and reliably completing all steps except for the final delivery into the goal, which was completed occasionally albeit unreliably. Overall our program was very efficient, and we call it a success. We have mostly completed our goal, and have learned a good amount from the process. We have learned that it is probably better to build a custom robot for the goal in mind rather than build off the default robot, as building off the default robot was a detriment to our design and lead to an unreliable an generally unstable final design. We will use custom designs in the future, and make sure that our designs are as stable as possible.