Week 5 (Sept 16) , Meeting with Senior Citizens

From "FLL Core Value" team (Rishi and Sankshay) this week:

Today we met with two senior citizens.Their names were Mary and Ed, Mary is 86 year old woman,and Ed is a sport coach for all sports,and only

coaches for winners. Mary is retired and Ed still coaching Young sports enthusiastic.They gave us information about themselves, which helped us on our Research Project. 

Mary (in white clothes) talking to kids

Ed (on wheel chair) talking to kids

Mary Looking at thank you card given by kids

Research team ( Chaitanya and Sankshay ) noted down following problems faced by seniors:

Mary grew-up and lived in Michigan, she liked water sports and ice skating. She likes sports like base ball and soft ball. In her childhood she did not play video games, watched TV or used cell phones because they were no invented at that time. 

Following are typical problems are faced by senior citizens:

1. Putting fitted sheet on the bed
2. Vacuum Cleaning or cleaning the house
3. Walking a dog
4. Slow reflex / response time
5. Can't play sports
6. Problem seeing
7. Body over hear/ cool (a jacket with heat/cool feature would help)
8. Memory loss : Example: Forget to off the Stove
9. Hearing loss : 
10. Can't drive
11. Bending down / reaching objects
12. Heart disease
13. High blood sugar

Building :

Today we worked on the accessories of the mat.For today we completed the Bowling Pins, half of the Dog Challenge, and some of the Medicine Bottles.We still have to finish some of the accessories on the mat. 

Building Mission (Shivan, Ayush, Om and Avi) and Brainstorming about research topics(Chaitanya and Sankshay)

 Programming:

Today the programming group started programming the robot for the weighting machine.So far we have  finished the approach to the weighting machine,but not the push on the lever.

Programming team taking measurements