Week 3
During the third week, Joel and I added tetrix pieces to the car body, and we added the wheels to the bottom of the car.
Because of the size of both the wheels and the car, putting only four wheels would have been a disaster. The tires were too small, so putting only four would have made the car weak easy to break if a heavy load was applied to the base. So, we decided to put six wheels on the car.
The wheels at the front are the ones that help the car with its sense of direction. It helps the car swerve to the sides so that it doesn't just move backwards and forwards. The wheels at the back are the basic wheels. They're stronger and they help the car move in general.
Attaching the wheels wasn't easy though. Attaching the ones at the back required motors, and finding four motors was tricky.
Since we were in a robotics room, other robots and projects requiring motors were in use. So, we had to disassemble our personal robots so that their motors could be contributed in the making of this project.
Once we got the motors, we used long nails to attach the motor to the base and the wheels to the motors.
Adding the tetrix pieces to the body of the car was way easier than adding the wheels, for sure.
Adding the pieces gave the car its shape. It was starting to look more like a car than a rectangle now.
