The final blog post has finally arrived, and looking back, it’s a bit surreal to realize how far we’ve come. Fourteen weeks ago, we set out with a simple idea: build a working PickMeBot. At that point, it felt like a huge challenge, and we honestly didn’t know how many unexpected problems and late-night debugging…

Sondre: This week I worked together with Theo to connect our two main parts of the robot system. Theo has been working on the A* pathfinding code that figures out the route through the maze, while I’ve focused on the movement side, making the robot drive straight, turn correctly, and fix its heading using the…

Sondre: This week I focused on improving the navigation and stability of our mecanum robot. One of the main problems earlier was that the robot often confused a wall with a box, since the ultrasonic sensors saw both situations almost the same way. To fix this, I added a simple verification step where the robot…

Sondre: I’ve been following a guy on YouTube called Stuff Made Here, and he creates some really impressive projects that combine a lot of programming with mechanical design. What I’ve learned from watching him is that things rarely work perfectly the first time, you often have to dig through every little part to figure out…

Sondre: This week was both fun and frustrating. I didn’t manage to solve everything I planned, partly because another course needed attention, but I still made solid progress.  The original sprint goal for these two weeks was to make the car navigate without touching the walls, which we actually finished earlier. Now that Theo is…

Sondre: This week, my main focus has been on combining the IMU with the ultrasonic sensors to ensure the robot can maintain a steady heading throughout the course. Previously, the robot relied solely on the IMU for heading correction. However, this approach had limitations: the robot lacked awareness of its distance from the walls, and…

Sondre: This week, I focused on improving the reliability of the sensors on the robot and integrating the IMU to achieve accurate direction tracking. To make this work, I had to modify how the robot handles turning, including adding calibration routines and smoothing of sensor readings. These changes made the robot’s movement more stable and…

Theo: This week, I managed to get the servo working. I did some troubleshooting with a multimeter and found that the issue was insufficient power to the servo. After connecting the servo to the driver board and powering it with a power bank, it started working. Once the arm is ready, I’ll calibrate the servo…

Sondre: This week I have not done anything huge but rather a couple smaller things that needed to be done. I have focused on testing smaller bits and pieces and getting them to work, since I am waiting on some parts I have ordered for the project. I started by testing the cars movement and…

This week our group was a bit smaller than usual, since not everyone could be there. On Monday, those of us who were present focused on finishing up the presentation for next week. We went through the slides together, divided the speaking parts, and made sure the overall structure was okay. After that, we discussed…