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Preparation period At the Beginning of the year, before the kick-off, we have been through a preparation period, in which we have learnt how to use "LabVIEW" and practice it in order to program the robot for the 2010 game. Firstly, we learned how to use the basic actions. For example- Boolean variables with logic gates (AND, OR, NOT…), numeric integers with mathematic actions. As a practice, we have created a calculator application in which the user defines 2 inputs and an action and the application generates a result. After we finished dealing with basic functions, we started working with last year's robot. We went through the classes and functions of the cRIO project, and built the complete software for the 2009 robot, including some new functions for practice, for instance a gradual value increase (the driver provide a value with the joystick and the motor value increases from it's current value to the joystick value to avoid lack of wheel friction). Building Season First week: During the first week of the "build season" we helped with the strategy and the robot planning of the way that the robot will be built. Second week: We started to sketch the parts that were supposed to be used in the robot, and we helped with the robot planning. Third week: We calculated all the measurement for construction crew and continued to sketch the robot parts. Fourth week: We started to build up the robot in the Inventor program while helping the construction crew with the design or the robot and did their calculations. 
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