Finally the robot that I and a few friends of mine have been working on is completed. We had a whole night of work in Wednesday, and after only one hour of sleep it was time to leave for Eskilstuna, where the competition would be held.
Our robot, called “pABBlo” after the painter Pablo Picasso, is a sort of grafitti robot which goes back and forth over a whiteboard with a pen and draws a pattern that the user has entered on a computer screen. The practical uses of this robot are very few, but it is a great show robot and we got a really good response.
Unfortunately we didn’t win anything except for a nomination in the most prestigeous class, Technology. I believe the fact that we didn’t win was that we didn’t utillize any sensors. But when you think about it, how many printers do you know about that uses sensors?
Anyway, we have had a great time, and as I am recovering sleep I return to the normal cycles of daily life, including a test in Chemistry in a few days.