1. Bot Ball Competition 2003 Team Captain: Andrew Alton Co-Captain: Ryan Cooley Success!!!

2. Our Design (Left) Air Tank Air Compressor Light Sensor Touch Sensor Handy Board

3. Our Design (Front) Tape Sensors Front Wheel Bot 2 Trigger Scissor Lift Handy Board Pneumatic Ram Ball Sensor

4. Our Design (Back) Gears Drive Motor Starting Light Sensor Pneumatic Servo Scissor Lift Servo Differential

5. Our Design (Right) Scissor Lift Wheel Pneumatic Switch Flip Sensor Ball Sensor

6. The Scissor Lift

7. The Website

8. The Team Andrew Alton Ryan Cooley Dimitri Rizek Alex Scott Michael Sapp

9. The Strategy Turn on with lightTurn on with light Go forwardGo forward Stop on Black TapeStop on Black Tape Knock Over Toilet paper tubeKnock Over Toilet paper tube Grab Orange BallGrab Orange Ball Move backMove back StopStop Turn LeftTurn Left Go forwardGo forward StopStop Turn off with lightTurn off with light

10. The Strategy (Contd.) 1 2 3 4

11. /* load the botball utilities */ #use "botball.ic" #use "lib_hb.ic" /* Botball.ic includes the functions: wait_for_light(int port) and shut_down_in(float seconds) */ //#use "cmucamlib.ic" #define DEBUG 0 //----HANDY BOARD WIRING---- //---motor(value, speed)--- #define LIFT_ARM 0 #define BACK_BAR 1 #define MAIN_DRIVE 3 //---servo0, servo1--- #define STEERING servo0 #define PNEUMATIC servo1 //---analog(value)--- #define LEFT_LINE 2 #define RIGHT_LINE 3 #define CAMERA 6 #define BALL_DETECT 17 #define TANKBOT_DETECT 16 #define GROUND_DETECT 18 #define LIGHT_SENSOR 31 #define LIFT_LIMIT_LOWER 29 //use digital(value) for BACK_BAR_LIMIT #define BACK_BAR_LIMIT 15 Programming- “Interactive C” New to all of us Start from scratch Help from mentors Mentors Can’t type code Complex code sequences

12. At The Competition

13. Other Robots

14. The Match Judge Starting Light Orange Ball No Adults Allowed in Competition Area Hoop Ping- Pong Balls

15. Reprogramming Interactive C Laptop Renee Stress Last Minute

16. The Results Seeding Rounds Finals

17. The Results (Cont’d.) 4 th Place PHS www.botball.org