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1. Our first idea for the Botball competition was to have our first robot score points using only the houses and umbrellas, while our second robot gathers pineapples, water, and leaves until the volcano erupts and it is okay for robots to go on any part of the field. After the volcano erupts, the second robot will go on the opposing team’s side of the arena and sabotage their field by knocking houses over and bins over with its huge arms. The first robot will have an open area in it for the houses to slide in it, and it will go back to the starting point and set the umbrellas that are attached to it in the houses. It will only use one servo to secure the houses, and two motors for it to maneuver. Meanwhile, our second robot will have 2 motors and 2 servos, 2 motors to maneuver, and 2 servos for the arms which will be used for picking up water, pineapples, leaves, and for sabotaging the other team. Furthermore, it will also use the camera to be able to recognize what color the ball it picks up is and put it in the appropriate bin. The most difficult aspects for implementing this concept is that the second robot will need plenty of programming for it to be able to use its arms to pick up waters and pineapples and put them in the appropriate bin. 2. Our second idea was to simply have our first robot use the same technique as described above to gather houses, go back to the starting point, and put umbrellas on the houses, while our second robot will be programmed to gather waters, pineapples and leaves and put them into the appropriate bins until the volcano erupts. After the volcano erupts, the second robot will go around and gather all of the balls, whether it be lava, or any other ball, and dump it on the opposing teams field. The first robot will have the same equipment as described above while our second robot will have 2 servos (one for picking up pineapples, leaves and water, and the other for the sled that dumps any leftover balls on the opposing team’s field), 2 motors (for maneuvering around the field), and a camera (to distinguish which balls go into which bin). The hardest part of implementing this concept is that the programming for the second robot will be very difficult, and there may not be enough time for the robot to finish all of its tasks. 3. The last idea of our Botball project was to, again, have our first robot gather houses and put umbrellas on them in the same way that was described above. Our second robot would have a servo and a huge plate attached to it and another servo would be attached to gather and sort out pineapples, leaves, and waters. At about 35 seconds, 10 seconds prior to the eruption, it will get into position next to the volcano and lift it’s plate up near the volcano so that when it erupts it will cause all the lava to go on the opposing teams side. Afterward it would go back to gathering and sorting out pineapples and leaves. Our first robot will have the parts as described above for gathering the houses and placing umbrellas in them. The second robot will have 2 servos, one for the arm to sort out the balls, while the other servo will be used to raise the plate up against the volcano. It will also have 2 motors for maneuvering around the field. The most difficult aspect for creating this is making both the robots fit in the starting box, because both robots would have several large parts that could easily interfere with the other robot or simply not fit in the starting box.