Chassis Build

Front Wheel Problems

Yesterday the front wheel was put on the chassis but Jarrett and I had problems getting the correct design to hold the front wheel and chosing the right wheel design. We found that if the struts holding the front wheel were to tight then the wheel would not spin. However, if they weren't tight enough then as the buggy began to move forwards after turning, the wheel would be locked in the side position.

Back Wheel Problems

The wheels we have chosen at the back of the buggy are to smooth so that there isn't enough grip on the surface. Today I'm goin to try to fit elastic bands to them and see if it makes a difference.

LEDs

If the problems with the front and back wheels can be solved then we will start to finish the circuit by adding LEDs. The purpose of the LEDs is to emit light to LDRs so that it can tell the difference between moving over a white surface and then a black surface. The white surface will reflect back the light more than the black surface to the LDRs.