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Key: Natalie
= Tim   Adam = In our group are Natalie Jarmusz, Adam Bryant and Tim Dews. =

Session 1﻿ Before March 16th
=== We Named our Robot TAN!!!!! We named it this because it Stands for Tim Adam and Natalie! Our robot is going to be a beach surfer!!! When we first started programing our robot we discovered how to use the light sensor so that when the light was broken the robot would start moving again. We made the robot move and spin, it was great fun! === === TIM:We constructed our robot out of lego by ourselves however we had some difficulties. Early on we made some mistakes with the robot and we had to go back and fix them. One of the parts we put on was on the wrong way and we could not connect one of the sensors. Another one of the sensors was built wrong! === === Adam: In our first few robotics sessions, we had to construct our robot. We got to see some really cool videos of some of the robots dancing. We made a fair few mistakes but we fixed it in the end. We worked really well together and we all had a go of building the robot, collecting the pieces and checking that everything was correct (We didn't do too good a job of that) as we swapped jobs every page that we completed. ===

===** Natalie: I loved building the robot, it was a good learning experience for me because I had never built and programmed a whole robot before. Tim and adam helped me out with putting some of the tricky peices on though!! We had lots of fun and now that it is built nothing has fallen off yet and we arn't having trouble with handling our robot!! **===

=Session 2 March 16th= =Tim: (Recorder) Today we had to do a pedestrian challenge where we had to get our robot from one line to the other without knocking the pedestrian over. We did a great job coming very close to the line without knocking the man over. = = Natalie: (handler) all that the handler has to do is take care of the robot. We did a pedestrian challenge where we had to get our robot from one line to another. As the handler I had to set up the lego man!!!! = === Adam: (Programer) Today we partcicipated in the pedestrian challenge. This entailed cutting two strips of masking tape and lining up all our little lego men on one of them. On the opposite line we positioned our robots and we had to try and program it to move towards the next line and get as close as we can to the lego men without knocking them over. We managed to come equal first in our three attempts. I learnt how to make the robot move at different speeds for different periods of time and after some help from Tim and Natalie, we prevailed and survived the pedestrian challenge!!! ===

=Session 3 March 22nd= Natalie: (recorder) In Todays session we had to do the pedestrian challenge. Mrs Cooper and I made a square of tape and we had to program our robots to go from one line to the other exactly. Then we had to wheel our robots into the middle and make them do free dancing without going outside the square border. We found it easy to measure the length of the line and I found it fun to watch the dance Tim made up!! Adam: (Handler) In today's session, Mrs Cooper and Natalie made a square of masking tape and then we had to make our robot move form one end of the square to the other without going out of the square. Then we had to make it dance but we once again had to stay in the square. As handler I had to start TAN and line him up correctly and he was my responsibility physically. We won this challenge much like the pedestrian challenge and this was based on the excellent team work of my group. Thanks Tim, Nat and of course TAN.


 * Tim: (Programer) In this session we had to have our robot go from one end of some masking tape to the other then reverse and dance without going outside the square. Our group made it extremly close to the line without going over it and then it backed up and did an awesome dance that I made up as I was programer. Our group won as it was the closest group to the line and did a great dance. It was all out of the team work of our group of four; Natalie, me, Adam and of course TAN. We did a great job guys well done. **


 * Session 4 - March **

Natalie: (programmer) In today's session we had to make our robot do a perfect 360 degree turn. Tim and I took almost 20 go's to get it right but in the end it was worth the long wait because we got a 5 out of 5!!! Our next challenge is to create a worm which we hope to excell in. We had lot's of fun!!!!!


 * Tim: (Handler) Today Mrs Burns gave us a sheet of tasks that we had to make the robot do. The thing that we had to get through today was making the robot do a perfect 360 degree turn. Our group had to try and try again to get the measurements right but it was realy hard. Our robot kept stopping to far or not far enough. In the end we got a 5 out of 5. It was fun! **

Adam: (Recorder) Today we had our first attempt at completing the sheet of tricks and dance moves. We first had to make TAN do a perfect 360 degree rotation and we had to do a lot of maths, estimating and lining up which paid off as we got 5/5. Next time we are going to go on the endeavour which is the worm, the most daunting dance move in the history of Lego Mindstorm NXT Robots. I also helped group 2M fix the arm of their robot as they had made a mistake way back in the assembly stage and the arm kept hitting the ground and light sensor. I first tried to rebuild it but it didn't work any better and the fact that they were missing a piece. Then I basically wound up making my own design of the join between the arm and the rest of the robot. I got it in the end but like the 360 it took a while but it paid off.

** Session 5 - march **
== Tim: (Recorder) Today for robotics we had to make the robot go in a S motion like a snake smoothly and without stopping. This was truly the greatest challenge we've faced so far. Our team couldn't get the robot going straight. The robot would turn left the right and left then right but one side was always more domanint so it went more to one way than another. Our team did a good job but could'nt really fix the problem which is why we only got a 4 and a half out of 5. == == Adam: (Programmmer) In today's session, we continued working on our dance moves. Today we completed the snake. It was one of the hardest things to do. We had to do a lot of problem solving as TAN always drifted away to one side more than the other. But in the end we did it as we got a four and a half which isn't half a point off, but four and half close. == ==

Natalie-(Handler) I found the snake really hard to get it even on both sides, but in the end I was happy with our mark that we got!!!!
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** Session 6 - April 27th **
== **Tim: (Programer) Today for robotics we had to make the robot do a shimmy. It had to move left and right quite fast but it also had to stay in the one spot. Our group had a bit of trouble at the beggining because we were testing the program called TAN while the one that we were modefying was a one called untitled 2 so we lost a lot of time. In the end we got a 4 and a half out of 5.** == == **Adam: (Handler) For robotics today, we worked on our shimmy. Tim was programming and we had to make lots of chances but we found that it never affected the movement of the robot, even if we added two minutes rotating. We believed that the file was called TAN but it was actually Untitled 1. So all of our chances were just making it worse but in the end we were able to get back our nearly perfect shimmy and scored a four and a half.** ==

**Natalie:(Recorder) I think that our group did pretty good today, we only lost half a mark due to the fact that the robot did not finish in the same starting position!!**
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=Session 7- May 4th= = Natalie-(Programmer) In robotics, we decided to choose a figure 8 because and we did basically what Adam just said, we havn't got marked yet but I am hoping that it is a 5. All we need to dp now is make the figure 8 smaller!!!!! Hopefully it will work!!! We also got a 5 for activating 3 sensors and making the arm move!!! I am really proud that we almost completed 2 activities in the one session!!! = = Adam: (Recorder) Today in robotics we had to complete our figure eight or other 2D shape. We did the figure eight. We used the light sensor to start the robot and then his arm would spin around. Then we used the touch sensor to make his arm spin around again. Finally we used the robots sound sensor to spin around its arm again before coming to a stop. I helped Keelie's group with their sound sensor as we had just scored a five with ours. We also hade to use three sensors and use arm movements. = = ﻿Tim: (Handler) Today in robotics we had to make the robot use three sensors and then move his arm. We made his start up using the light sensor, when the beam of light was broken it made the robot do its next move which was twisting its arm around. Once it finished moving its arm we pressed the pressure sensor at the back. This made the robot move forward. Finally we clapped to make the robot stop moving. After we finished that challenge, we went on with the next chllenge, making the robot so a figure 8 or a hard 2D shape like a hexagon. Our group decided to do the figure 8. It went realy well but the teacher didn't mark it as she thought it could be smaller and faster. It was great fun.

= =Session 8 - May 10th= === Natalie: (Handler) Today we completed a hexagon...although we ran out of time so we unluckily only got a 3 and a half, that brings our total marks to 22 and a half out of 25, which we are extremely happy about. Our song that we have selected for our robot to dance to is called Party Rockers and I have downloaded it onto my USB. We hope to impress everyone with our ultimate dance moves!!!! === === Adam: (Programmer) Today was the hardest day for me. We attempted a hexagon. It was so difficult, I was suprised that we got anything at all. Tim helped me a lot with this particular task and if it wasn't for him, I would still be programming right now. It all turned out though as we scored a three and a half. We completed the dance moves and in total, we scored twenty-two and a half out of twenty-five which we are extremely happy about. Our group is very pleased with our results, teamwork and co-operation. We are also excited about making our dance. My group has decided to do "Party Rock Anthem" as our song and we are so excited. === == Tim: (Recorder) Today we decided that we would do a square and get three points and then try and do a hexagon. We ran out of time and our hexagon wasn't good enough so our over all score was 22 and a half out of 25. I think we did great. We also chose party rock anthem for our song. == ===

Session 9 - May 17th

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Natalie- Today we started to make our robot dance. We made a really cool start up for Party Rock Anthem and worked out how to make our robot do a jump turn.
Session 10-

Adam-Today Tim, Natalie and Myself worked on our final dance and we mainly worked on getting our timing right but

also added in a few moves. I'm making the clothes and they are going awesome. I've made an awesome cap and I am

working on a hoodie. I've got a really awesome material that's black with fluro orange and white stars and it is pretty

light weight aswell. FYI, If you want some cheap material, go to spotlight at Miranda. Their selling 1 square metre for only

4 bucks so if you want some awesome material, go and check it out.