KASI - John Deere Make-A-Thon

Inspiration

John Deere Hackathon

What it does

It smooths out sand in a sandbox.

How we built it

We started from a whiteboard and spent time near the sandbox trying to decide the best way to explore and smooth the sandbox. Brainstorming took a significant amount of time on the first day. After this, we split into a mechanical team and software team. We divided and conquered.

Challenges we ran into

We ran into significant challenges when it came to adapting the smoothing component and implementing the exploration.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are especially proud of creating a "random" exploration algorithm for movement inspired by ball bounce. We are also proud of adapting our module given unexpected last minute difficulties that were discovered after printing.

What we learned

We learnt a lot about the implementation of movement and search algorithms throughout this project. Alongside this, we learnt it is better to adapt to newer ideas rather than thinking through and finding a way through a dead end.