Flaws in Original Robot Design

(and how they were

overcome)

How was this overcome?

Opposition can hook a weapon on the
By
placing
acrylic
in the gap to fill the Tunderside of the robot as it is made of TSection,
a
hook
design
weapon would not be
Section aluminium.

able to latch onto the side of the T-Section

This is a problem as a weapon that involves
so would render this type of weapon useless
hooking onto this section of aluminium can
against the robot. The diagram below shows
immobilize the robot by raising its wheels off the
a new green segment added that means
ground.
such a weapon would have nowhere to grip
onto the robot. A majority of the green area
in the diagram is actually polystyrene as it
will have little impact on the weight of the
robot.

Opposition can control our robot using

UDP if Wi-Fi is connected.
This was overcome by setting a secure Wi-Fi
password. The opposition hackers must gain
access to the Wi-Fi in order to be able to tamper
with the functionality of the robot. In order
for the
Impact
at high speed can destroy the
opposition team to gain access to the robot now,
battery.
they must connect to the Raspberry Pi using the
When
the
robot
is
moving
at
a
high
velocity,
proper Wi-Fi password (e.g. through a brute force
it
has
lots
of
kinetic
energy.
When
impact
is
attack). This blocks the opposition from using
applied
to
the
robot,
it
tries
to
decelerate
to
SSH (Secure Shell), DoS (Denial of Service), UDP
0 speed as quickly as it can. The robot
(To control the robot directly), etc.
continues to try to go forwards, using the
stored kinetic energy it has when it was
moving at its original speed. The battery is
Getting into a corner will immobilize
ourheaviest components in the robot,
one of the
robot.
if its able to move freely, when the robot
If we get into a corner, the only direction
our battery can possibly get thrown
stops, the
robot can go is forwards. If the robot
is
in
through ainside the chassis, potentially
corner, it cannot navigate to the sides disconnecting
to get out,
the
terminals
or
even
and the round would have to end with
our robotthe battery. This was overcome by
damaging
being immobilized. If the robot is able screwing
to reverse,
pieces of wood to form a bracket
the robot would be immune to such a trap, as it
can also move backwards, and out of the

obstacle.