Izack the Alligatr

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  The claw

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  The entire robot

Inspiration

We were inspired to name our bot Izack the Alligatr by how the claw kind of looks like an alligator mouth from the side.

What it does

Finds the the center of 5 concentric coloured rings. Navigates a maze of coloured squares. Detects colours in a grid of Red, Green, Blue in a specified order.

How we built it

Closed challenge, we had an arduino kit provided to us. We screwed our components into the given base, connecting various boards and sensors needed.

Challenges we ran into

Getting our arduino board detected by PlatformIO. Making sure all components were correctly wired, and adjusting pinouts to ensure that all components can be controlled by the arduino.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Getting our claw to successfully interface with the servo to open and close. Getting the wheels to spin.

What we learned

Wiring is a pain, need to bring more jumper wires! Also, colour coding jumper wires is a must with debugging the breadboard.

What's next for Izack the Alligatr

We add a more powerful battery to power the motors (>9V) so that the robot can move faster.

Built With

• arduino
• c++
• platformio