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3.5 Justification of Methodology
The methodology above has been chosen carefully to complete the project objectives.
The first step of ‘Define a guideline to assess the performance of the robot to the
specifications of the project objective’ has been chosen to give the robot a set of
guidelines to be assessed against. Without having this goal, it will be impossible to
determine if the robot has met all requirements. Goal three, Research the background
behind obstacle avoidance and other attempts to achieve similar tasks, will give
background knowledge behind the concept. This can save a lot of time in decision
making processes as it may help predict the outcomes based on previous experiences.
The design stage is the next logical step and is carried out as goal four. The testing
stage is very important and is closely linked with goal one of the performance guideline.
The robot must be tested and assessed against these guidelines in order to understand
which parts of the robot were successful and which aspects need more work.
The methodology of the time permitting guidelines can be justified in the same manner.
It is a very similar process with most of the background information already known.