Monday and Wednesday's meeting

At our Monday and Wednesday meetings, we shared some of the research that each team member did since the meeting before. Each team member added to the conversation if they knew something about the topic that they wanted to share. Here is a listing of body systems/parts and potential problems we researched, shared and discussed:

• Heart
• Joints 
• Glands
• Bones 
• Immune system

As we talked about our topics, we discovered that we could do further research. We hope that one of these interesting topics will be the base of our Team Project for the FIRST LEGO League competition. 

On Monday we spent time looking at the missions on the board.  We enjoyed deliberating about each mission and the possible ways we could have a robot accomplish the challenges. And we noted some obstacles we need to watch out for on the board. Some very interesting and intriguing ideas were introduced and examined. We generated ideas to solve potential problems that the robot might struggle with on the board, such as sharp turns the robot must accomplish.

On Wednesday after our research sharing time, we gathered around the board once again to consider possible robot body, robot arm, and attachment designs. We analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of using different wheel sizes, skids and treads. Josh, a new member to the team, received lessons from Curtis, an experienced member, on how to have the robot follow a black line.

-Madeline