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Robotics & Systems/NuiBot/Design Log

Design Log

Fill one in for every robot function you or your group builds. It is your record of the reasoning, not just the robot: what you wanted, what you tried, what happened, and why you changed it.

Te reo groupings shown are provisional, pending cultural advisor review.

Wero · te reo group (provisional)

1

Frame

What do you want the robot to do, and how will you know it worked?

Kite · te reo group (provisional)

2

Options

What are the different ways you could make it do that?

Whakaaro · te reo group (provisional)

3

Represent

What will your chosen approach look like before you build it?

Auaha · te reo group (provisional)

4

Generate

Build it and programme it.

Tohu · te reo group (provisional)

5

Test

Run it against what you said success would look like in Frame.

Tohu · te reo group (provisional)

6

Evaluate

How well did it work, and why?

Tohu · te reo group (provisional)

7

Refine

Change it, and say why.

Tohu · te reo group (provisional)

8

Explain

Can someone else understand what your robot does and why?

Student Design Log prompts
StagePromptYour response
FrameWhat do you want the robot to do?
FrameHow will you know it worked?
OptionsWhat sensing does this need?
OptionsWhat action does this need?
OptionsWhat are two different ways you could build this?
OptionsWhich one did you choose, and why?
RepresentSketch or flowchart your chosen approach. Label the sensor, the action and the decision point.
GenerateWhat did you build?
GenerateWhat did you ask the AI layer to help programme, in your own words?
GenerateExplain what the code actually does, in your own words.
TestWhat happened when you tested it? How many runs?
EvaluateDid it meet the success criteria from Frame? What probably caused the result?
RefineWhat are you changing?
RefineWhy should this work better?
RefineWhat happened when you retested?
ExplainHow would you explain what the robot noticed, why it acted, and what you changed, to someone who wasn't there?

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