Each robot has a unique set of characteristics. What are yours?

• The speed that the robot moves forward depends on many things. Brainstorm some ideas of anything that might make your robot move faster or slower and list at least 5 possible factors:
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• Line up your robot out in the hallway to go as straight as possible down the hall for 5 seconds. Try this test 3 times and record your results. What is the length of a single floor tile in inches? ___________
  

  Trial	Distance straight forward in tiles	Distance forward in inches	Distance away from center line in tiles	Distance from center in inches, to the left or right?	Did you make any adjustments after this trial? If so, what?
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• Try adjusting the fit of your robots wheels, get a new battery if necesssary, adjust the setSpeed option on the wheels and see how close to a straight line you can get your robot to go in. Write down the changes you made to straighten your robot:
  • Did you change the wheels? _____ if so, how?
  • What speed setting did you use for motor.A? _______ motor.C? _________
  • How many inches can your robot go forward in a straight line without veering off to the left or right? _______________ If it's less than 24", make adjustments and try again.
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  Now try this program twice and record how the robot does.
• Move forward 4 tiles, turn around 180 degrees, move forward 4 tiles, go backward 4 tiles.
• How close can you get the robot to ending up exactly 4 tiles ahead of where it started?
  • Does the robot perform the same both times? _____
  • If not, how does it change? _______________________________
  • Run the program with the robot setSpeed(300) and again at setSpeed(720). Describe how it is different with the 2 speeds.