After the Eliminations, we trained hard for the upcoming Semi-Finals. Since the drive to the place where the Semi-Final is being held was really long my father and I visited a nearby "Go Hotels" branch and stayed there at the night before the big event.
After sleeping in a surprisingly comfortable bed we went to SM North Edsa Annex to hopefully win the Semi-Finals and get into the Finals.
We arrived early because of the "Go Hotels " being, very conveniently, close to where the competition was held! When we arrived I saw Mattias there, before anyone else had been there. Mattias, not to my surprise, had made a presentation showcasing the improvements he had made to the code and what is left to be done.
After a while, Owen arrived and Mattias gave him a rundown on our progress. Sooner or later the rules for the competition was announced
The rules were the same as before, get the passengers to their respective places in order to earn points. The quickest and most productive robots win and get into the Finals! This time we only had 1.5 hours, I guessed its because there are fewer people now.
After everybody arrived at the competition the 1.5 hours began, we started building as soon as the bell rang. Surprisingly the build didn't take long! Considering that they changed it into a more complex build. There was a part I struggled with but Owen helped me because our sides were alike.
The eliminations basically repeated, I lined up while they made the code. We were able to run around 5 times so that was nice. We were pretty sure we would lose because there would only be 5 winners and everybody else was doing great, but we still tried our hardest.
After the 1.5 hours were up we waiting for our team to be called for the final run. I feel like Mattias and Owen had low expectations but I, for one, was still hoping to get in the Finals.
After a while our team was called, the 3 of us went to the course and we ran our final product. We did well and the robot operated as it was meant to. After the final run, we sat down and waited for the winners to be announced.
After a few snacks and chats the winners were announced, I was a little sad that we didn't make it but we tried our hardest. We also learned a lot too, all in all it was a great experience and I was glad to be in it.
The end
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Robotics Experience Part 2
September 2, 2019
After many weeks of hard training, we finally made it to the eliminations! We arrived a little late because of traffic but there was no big problem. When I arrived I was directed to the table where my teammates were. I was paired with 2 people, Matias and Owen.
The ruled for the competition were simple, we all had 2 and a half hours to finish building, coding, and testing. After said time was up we will be called and one by one we will run our code at our respective course and determine our finishing score. There were multiple obstacles on the course, our course was very hard. It had many passengers in different places, we had to bring them to their respective locations in order to complete the challenge. What was so hard about this was we had to create a code that automatically detected the color (Their color determines where they are supposed to be) and has to have a pre-programmed code that makes it go to where they are supposed to be, so that means we need to make a custom code for all the locations in order to bring the passengers where they need to be.
Luckily I was teamed with 2 coding pros! When I arrived the competition already started and my teammates were knee-deep in code so I thought it would be helpful if I lined up before all the other teams did. Though there was already a huge line at least I made it before the others did. The line was really long! I didn't expect it to take 20 minutes to run just once! Because of this, we were only able to test our code out 3 times sadly, but the results impressed us!
After the 2.5 hours were up we were called one by one to run our final product and determine whether or not we got in the semi-finals, our code was decent but we didn't think it would make it. So we sat down and chatted while waiting for our turn.
After a while our team was called then we went to the course and ran our code. It did as planned, it delivered a few of the passengers to their respective locations, it's just that it missed a few thus lowering our score a bit but not too much.
After we ran our code all we had to do is wait for the winners to be announced and the awarding. This would take long but I had a really bad headache due to the stadium being too bright, so I slept through it all.
When the winners were announced we were surprised to hear our team name! We got through the eliminations!
To Be continued
After many weeks of hard training, we finally made it to the eliminations! We arrived a little late because of traffic but there was no big problem. When I arrived I was directed to the table where my teammates were. I was paired with 2 people, Matias and Owen.
The ruled for the competition were simple, we all had 2 and a half hours to finish building, coding, and testing. After said time was up we will be called and one by one we will run our code at our respective course and determine our finishing score. There were multiple obstacles on the course, our course was very hard. It had many passengers in different places, we had to bring them to their respective locations in order to complete the challenge. What was so hard about this was we had to create a code that automatically detected the color (Their color determines where they are supposed to be) and has to have a pre-programmed code that makes it go to where they are supposed to be, so that means we need to make a custom code for all the locations in order to bring the passengers where they need to be.
Luckily I was teamed with 2 coding pros! When I arrived the competition already started and my teammates were knee-deep in code so I thought it would be helpful if I lined up before all the other teams did. Though there was already a huge line at least I made it before the others did. The line was really long! I didn't expect it to take 20 minutes to run just once! Because of this, we were only able to test our code out 3 times sadly, but the results impressed us!
After the 2.5 hours were up we were called one by one to run our final product and determine whether or not we got in the semi-finals, our code was decent but we didn't think it would make it. So we sat down and chatted while waiting for our turn.
After a while our team was called then we went to the course and ran our code. It did as planned, it delivered a few of the passengers to their respective locations, it's just that it missed a few thus lowering our score a bit but not too much.
After we ran our code all we had to do is wait for the winners to be announced and the awarding. This would take long but I had a really bad headache due to the stadium being too bright, so I slept through it all.
When the winners were announced we were surprised to hear our team name! We got through the eliminations!
To Be continued
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