We had recievend the wheels and motors from the supplier over the weekend and we were very interested in testing the speed of the motors. I soldered legths of wire to the motors and then Ben attached the rims and tyres to the motors. Billy was still working on the colour sensor as it was broving to be difficult to get working. I had the idea to use the box that the parts arrived in to build a very basic chassis. I then conneced the motors directly to the 9V battery. This allowed us to visualize the speed of the robot. We were very impressed with the speed of it.

After this testing, we focused on finalizing the design of the chassis. I was planning on buildig it over the weekend and have it completed for week 7. The plan was to biuild the chassis open topped with a floor pan with cutouts for the wheels.

We knew we would need something to mount the motors to the chassis. I thought about how i could builld something from the materials available at home but nothing seemed like an easy option. We then decided to have plasic holders made up in inkscape. I designed the required shape on paper and gave the plans to Ben to draw in inkscape. This would be a much easier and neater way to mount the motors.

I took the components home following the class as I was planning on building the frame over the weekend however the next day the taoiseach announced all colleges were closing. Therefor, i have not built the frame yet.