Michelle’s Blogs

April was our last month of this project, which ultimately meant we had to have everything ready for Gregynog. We therefore made sure all our codes worked for each assessment task we would have, and our combat was strong for the competition.

During March, our main focus was on the combat code and getting it to work. We also were given an option to design a shell for our micromouse, however, we chose not to design one using the software but instead make our own using recycled materials from around the lab. This month was mainly focused … Read more

During February we mainly focused on the code as we had our micromouse assembled. We also began to focus on our mouses line-following. Our mouse would follow the white line but not smoothly so we tweaked our code to make it as smooth as possible. Once we’d done this we started focusing on our combat … Read more

Our plan for maintaining the website is to ensure we upload and and create sections on time and our website has an order and structure making it easy to find different documents and items on there. We also ensure we are regularly checking our website and keeping it up to date. Michelle

Having read the joint Statement of Ethical Principles issued in 2005 and revised in 2017 by the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Engineering Council, I have gained a deeper understanding of the four fundamental principles: honesty and integrity, respect for life, law, the environment and public good, accuracy and rigour, and leadership and communication.  … Read more

November, we got further into the project and started our PCB design. We worked on this and created our PCB using Proteus, this required us all to design the PCB and make it as neat and tidy as possible, then out of the four we chose the best one which we then handed in to … Read more

During October, we mainly worked on the project plan and out initial ideas and distributions of roles. We signed a team contract to ensure we have certain expectations of everyone and goals we also wanted to achieve. We also got to know our team and undertook some team bonding exercises, to get to know each … Read more