Desing Challenge 1
It didn't take long to meet a few like-minded individuals. We were quickly split into teams of about 5 or 6 people for our first cohort building exercise: the infamous design challenge #1. I ended up with a great group of people. If random assignments can be so successful, imagine what it's like when you seek out people that share your thoughts.
For the uninitiated, Design Challenge 1 (DC1 for short) is a team-building exercise that requires each team to build and program a robot using a Lego Mindstorms kit. This year, they asked us to build an autonomous vehicle that could navigate a randomly-placed set of obstacles. The challenge was modeled after the DARPA Grand Challenge to build an autonomous, unmanned ground vehicle.
Our team gelled quickly and we had a great time building the robot. We realized early on that our goals should be to get to know each other, have fun, build a cool robot and maybe, win the race. And that's exactly what we did!
For the uninitiated, Design Challenge 1 (DC1 for short) is a team-building exercise that requires each team to build and program a robot using a Lego Mindstorms kit. This year, they asked us to build an autonomous vehicle that could navigate a randomly-placed set of obstacles. The challenge was modeled after the DARPA Grand Challenge to build an autonomous, unmanned ground vehicle.
Our team gelled quickly and we had a great time building the robot. We realized early on that our goals should be to get to know each other, have fun, build a cool robot and maybe, win the race. And that's exactly what we did!
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