The goal of this project was to design a robot that can perform a task that we program it to do using our previous knowledge on programming, simple machines and the VEX kits.  My group's original plan was to build a robot that could drive and also shoot a small projectile.  We went through multiple concepts like a catapult and launching a dart between two spinning wheels, but we could not think of ways for these designs to be successful.  We finally decided to build a robot that would shoot like a crossbow using a metal track for the projectile to slide on and a rubber band to pull back and fire the projectile.  Some problems that we encountered with this design were making a hook that was both strong enough to pull back the rubber band and pin the rubber band to the metal track, but also gentle enough so that the rubber band was not quickly severed.  Eventually, we worked out all of the small problems with the robot and roduced a robot that can drive, aim and fire.  For the budget aspect of the project, we did not worry about how much money we needed for building our robot because we thought that we would not win the budget competition.  

Looking back, there are a few things that I wish we would have done differently.  Our project would have gone a lot smoother if it would have taken less time than it did to come up with our final project idea.  If this would have happened, we could have made our robot more complex and able to perform more tasks.  I also wish that our robot could do the entire process without anyone ever having to touch the robot.  The only part of the robot that is not able to be controlled by controller is loading the projectile into the barrel.